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RAX54S Wireless (5GHz) speed
I have a RAX54S router Version 1. While it seems to be working, I'm unable to get 5GHz wireless speeds faster than 350Mbps (using Ookla's SPEEDTEST). Using the wired connection, I'm able to achieve...
If you want to understand more about wifi speeds,
read here:
Its goes a bit into depth but the basic overview will detail wifi speeds.
What devices are you testing with (in detail). That helps us determine if the 433mbps link speed is correct for your device or if it should be higher.
Thank you for those links!
If you're link speed is 433mbps, your 325-350mbps is about all you can expect. Actual throughput is around 55-65% of link speed. So you're hitting above that so your at the higher end of efficiency. You'd need a better device to hit faster speeds as yours is only connecting at a 1x1 antenna speed rate.
If you want to understand more about wifi speeds,
read here:
Its goes a bit into depth but the basic overview will detail wifi speeds.
What devices are you testing with (in detail). That helps us determine if the 433mbps link speed is correct for your device or if it should be higher.
Thanks for your help! I've got a lot of reading to do. Trying to get prepared for some new streaming software on various devices around the home and figuring out if another router/ap would help or hinder. Thanks again!