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RAXE300 horrible performance in 6 GHz band
Connected to an at&t fiber gateway (1 Gbps U/D) Bought this router to be able to use it with my Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra in the 6GHz band as no one uses that band in our condo complex. However, p...
what actual speeds do you get?
how are you testing those speeds? (what app/website)
did you try changing the 6ghz channel?
Have you checked what link rate you're connecting at?
And how far away are you when you're testing each time? The same room could be 6ft or it could be 30ft. 6ghz falls off in speed faster than 5ghz.
what extender did you buy to use that's 6ghz?
- what actual speeds do you get?
- [Bruno] 20-150 Mbps (my LAN and Ethernet service is FTTH (at&t Fiber) at 1 Gbps U/D symmetrical ... which is in reality ~940 Mbps U/D. On 5GHz, I get 400-500 Mbps on my Samsung S23 Ultra. The wired computer reaches the 930-940 Mbps U/D testing to at&t's nearest hub in San Diego (~30 miles south)
- how are you testing those speeds? (what app/website)
- [Bruno] SpeedTest (app on computer and on Samsung S23 Ultra phone)
did you try changing the 6ghz channel? - [Bruno] Yes
- Have you checked what link rate you're connecting at?
- [Bruno] Yes ... ~1 Gbps LAN side
- And how far away are you when you're testing each time? The same room could be 6ft or it could be 30ft. 6ghz falls off in speed faster than 5ghz.
- [Bruno] Router to living room ~25 feet.
- what extender did you buy to use that's 6ghz?
- [Bruno] I installed a TP-Link WiFi 6E extender at that location. Range to bedroom is around another 25 feet and still have challenges with 6 GHz. No problems whatsoever on 5 GHz
Flashfox_Prime wrote:
- [Bruno] I installed a TP-Link WiFi 6E extender at that location. Range to bedroom is around another 25 feet and still have challenges with 6 GHz. No problems whatsoever on 5 GHz
You now have two 6 GHz wifi sources delivering poor performance. The router and the extender.
Have you conformed that your 6 GHz wifi client, the Samsung, can get much better speeds with other wifi sources? There aren't many around, but that would rule out the client rather than the source.
