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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...
Are you sure about that, Avtella? My settings clearly state 1024-QAM on the router side, but maybe that's not official? Also, I find it odd the S10 would use a broadcom modem when the chipset is a Qualcomm product (US Snapdragon 855 variant, not exynos).
1024 QAM is for AX which is standard regardless of Broadcom or Qualcomm , 1024 QAM on AC however is not standard and is a Broadcom proprietary addition which only works between their router chipsets and client chips. It doesn’t matter if you have the Sanpdragon or Exynos version Samsung is using a BCM chip for WiFi. It’s the Broadcom BCM4375 in the S10 and as far as I know, no HT160.
HT160 is more susceptible to interference and can lead to reduced range depending on your environment so unless you’re benchmarking or something, not much of a loss by not having it on a phone.
Samsung has been using Broadcom WiFi chips on their Galaxy S series devices for quite a while. But yeah the one in the S10 supports AX (WiFi-6).
HT160 is more susceptible to interference and can lead to reduced range depending on your environment so unless you’re benchmarking or something, not much of a loss by not having it on a phone.
Samsung has been using Broadcom WiFi chips on their Galaxy S series devices for quite a while. But yeah the one in the S10 supports AX (WiFi-6).
That makes sense. I'm guessing the tooltip may just be wrong on the router settings because it shows the ax/1024-QAM when on ax mode then it switches to ac/1024-QAM when ax is turned off.
Thanks for the info. Still seems odd that I'm getting less performance on that standard despite the higher link speed.
I have the AX8 RAX80 and notice that if I set the speed to 4800 Mbps enabling 160 MHz channel mode my Wireless AC devices such as Samsung Note 9 will test slower on speed tests around 300 - 400 mbps on my GIG connection but if I set the speed to 2400 Mbps I get about 667-700 mbps down on Note 9. When I check the AC connection speed on the phone it is higher then 866 and be 1083.
- A new firmware 1.0.1.86 with one of the fixes mentioned specifically for the S10 just got released:
https://kb.netgear.com/000061013/RAX120-Firmware-Version-1-0-1-86 Thanks for the heads-up. I ended up returning the S10+ over the weekend to switch back to my iPhone full-time, so I can't run any new tests with the new firmware. I'm glad they addressed it, though, and I look forward to trying it out again whenever I pick up another WiFi 6 device in the future.