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RAX200 (AX12) weaker & slower than R7000 - (I've lost 70Mbs and WiFi is plop)
Hi Guys, Ive just installed my new AX12 router in the same place as my old R7000. The only thing ive changed is the SSIDs to what I had before so all network devices can work again. (I will change...
OP, I wonder if you've received a lemon RAX200? I'm also using a RAX200 on a TalkTalk FTTP Fibre 900 line and the RAX200 is the best router I've ever used. I'm getting 800+Mbps over wifi 6 almost anywhere in the home (new-ish double storey) and even wifi 5 clients give me around 600 Mbps. These are the settings I'm using:
RAX200_2G: channel 6, up to 1200 Mbps
RAX200_5G1: channel 48, up to 4800 Mbs
RAX200_5G2: channel 157, up to 2400 Mbps
Mu-Mimo ON
Enable OFDMA ON (all)
Enable Beamforming ON
Try the above settings.
- Hi,Well that didn’t go well, I’ve now lost my higher 5G2 network.I turned on:Enables Mu-Mimo - Was OffEnable OFDMA ON (all) - Was Off, turned on for all 3 networks.Enable Beamforming - Was On out of the boxI bounced the router after changes. No improvement and 5G2 gone!I have reversed all settings back and bounced the router.Still no 5G2 network….. I wanna cry lolWTF is wrong with this thing…..Cheers,Des.
ok, after 10mins the 5G2 network is back.
I will add the settings one by one and wait 10minutes this time.
I will either find what caused it, or work out that I was being impatient because of my frustration....
If you're using a DFS channel (ch. 50-140) then it will take a few minutes for 5G2 become live. This is standard behaviour when using any DFS channel. Btw I suggest using ch. 128 on 5G2 if you don't have ch 149-161 available.