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S10+ faster on WiFi 5 vs WiFi 6
Latest firmware. Xfinity gigabit plan. Everything left equal aside from the ax box. Running on 5ghz HT80 mode (S10 doesn't support 160 and it was slightly slower and inconsistent when I tested it inde...
Huh I had responded with a picture attached but now it's not showing up. Anyway, thanks for your response. Your explanation about the non-standard ac makes sense. Unfortunately I can't test any other way as the only toggle is for HT20/40/80/160, but QAM is always at 1024.
ax showing 1200 PHY
ac showing 866 PHY
First ac test this morning came back 816/41
Ran three ax tests and fastest I got was 586/42
So it's definitely a little odd at this point, but hopeful it will improve with software tweaks.
ax showing 1200 PHY
ac showing 866 PHY
First ac test this morning came back 816/41
Ran three ax tests and fastest I got was 586/42
So it's definitely a little odd at this point, but hopeful it will improve with software tweaks.
More than 800 or even 900 as you listed before sounds almost resp. completely impossible on a 866 Mbit 802.11ac PHY.
With just the 866 Mbit/s PHY link rate, it's probably not 1024-QAM 802.11ac ... that would make a link rate of about 975 or 1083 Mbit/s.
- 1024 QAM is not on Qualcomm based routers, only on Broadcom based and only works when both client and router have BCM chipsets. The Galaxy does use a Broadcom WiFi chipset but the router is a Qualcomm based unit so no 1024QAM on AC.
- 1024 QAM on AX is standardized across vendors.
1024 QAM in general is more susceptible to noise however. That’s why I can get a stable 1.7 Gbps link rate across my house on AC HT160 but it fluctuates between 1.2-2.4 on HT160 AX depending on location.
As for 1024 QAM on AC, even with BCMs non standard 1024 QAM implementation the BCM based routers still in general had lower peak & average throughput than the R7800/R9000 (Qualcomm based routers) even at close ranges (where 1024 QAM is more effective) with BCM based clients. On AC it was more of a gimmick.
- Hoping the picture shows this time as my attachment.
Very odd ... and sorry for my mistake mixing chipset vendors for the RAX120.
