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RAX45 Slow Wired and WiFi Speeds
Hello, I tried posting this question a few minutes ago, but it came out as all one long paragraph which is awful. Here is my attempt at a redo. Hello, I recently bought the RAX45 Nighthawk route...
I initially tried to change all the settings to what you recommended. Given that the settings are in multiple menus, all I actulaly changed were
"Enable OFDMA" for both 2.4 and 5GHz. I now have the max speed I had before.
I also purchased the RAX45 from Costco, and am experiencing horrible WiFi performance. I purchased this router to have a dedicated 5ghz channel for my Oculus Quest 2 using virtual desktop, but the performance is atrocious. Running test speeds on the router itself, I get the full 500 mbps up and down. But connecting to the router with just a single device on my network, and running speed tests from my phone, I get about 90 mbps max up and down, even in the same room. Compare this to my Orbi mesh router, where I can easily get about 425mbps down and 225mbps up, even with about 15-20 other WiFi devices connected to the mesh network.
Something seems wrong with the RAX45 to have such bad WiFi performance. I’ve updated the firmware, and have tested using the RAX45 as a standalone router (after disconnecting the Orbi) and as a wireless AP (connected to the Orbi), but experience the same really bad throughput. The nighthawk is going straight back to Costco. Really terrible product, firmware, or a combination of the two.
Something seems wrong with the RAX45 to have such bad WiFi performance. I’ve updated the firmware, and have tested using the RAX45 as a standalone router (after disconnecting the Orbi) and as a wireless AP (connected to the Orbi), but experience the same really bad throughput. The nighthawk is going straight back to Costco. Really terrible product, firmware, or a combination of the two.
I also had a nightmare of a time with the RAX45 at first. I kept wanting to blame myself for screwing something up, while my wife was straight up blaming me. How could such a trusted industry name be the problem?
Well fortunately, I stumbled upon a Reddit article that gave me the fix. I tried to find it again, but couldn’t.
To summarize, it is the router. The latest firmware does nothing to fix. There’s something odd happening that doesn’t allow the settings to actually apply.
Here’s the settings I’m using that’s providing the speeds I’d expect. (See screenshots)
Everything that you see unchecked will stay disabled. The WiFi settings that are currently enabled will need to first be disabled, the router reset, and then enabled/applied after the reset.
...ugh. Only one attachment per post, and jpeg file type not allowed 😆
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0D-pyziHGqjr61fBxvDZWUrTQ
Well fortunately, I stumbled upon a Reddit article that gave me the fix. I tried to find it again, but couldn’t.
To summarize, it is the router. The latest firmware does nothing to fix. There’s something odd happening that doesn’t allow the settings to actually apply.
Here’s the settings I’m using that’s providing the speeds I’d expect. (See screenshots)
Everything that you see unchecked will stay disabled. The WiFi settings that are currently enabled will need to first be disabled, the router reset, and then enabled/applied after the reset.
...ugh. Only one attachment per post, and jpeg file type not allowed 😆
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0D-pyziHGqjr61fBxvDZWUrTQ
For what it is worth, after 2 days when i noticed my speeds have dropped dramatically, and checking things, i turned ofdma, on, i'm guessing the router decided to turn it off at some point, i noticed my speeds going mostly back up, still not getting the 800's i saw before but back into the 600's.
I followed the instructions to your post and BUM ITS WORKING NOW PEFECTLY, thank you very much brother.
splaquet wrote:
I also had a nightmare of a time with the RAX45 at first. I kept wanting to blame myself for screwing something up, while my wife was straight up blaming me. How could such a trusted industry name be the problem?
Well fortunately, I stumbled upon a Reddit article that gave me the fix. I tried to find it again, but couldn’t.
To summarize, it is the router. The latest firmware does nothing to fix. There’s something odd happening that doesn’t allow the settings to actually apply.
Here’s the settings I’m using that’s providing the speeds I’d expect. (See screenshots)
Everything that you see unchecked will stay disabled. The WiFi settings that are currently enabled will need to first be disabled, the router reset, and then enabled/applied after the reset.
...ugh. Only one attachment per post, and jpeg file type not allowed 😆
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0D-pyziHGqjr61fBxvDZWUrTQDo you happen to have a link to an imgur pic? I tried your link, but it says the photo is unavailable. I'm desperate to boost my speeds.