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Wi-Fi 6 band drops speed, needs reboot
Hi so for some reason my RAX200 have started droping speeds after a couple of days on the Wi-Fi 6 band, running channel 128 5ghz-2 band. I only have one device connected. If i reboot the router ...
Have you tried changing the channel you're on?
the 128 is a dfs channel and maybe you're getting radar in the area.
plemans Thank you for answering, the wierd part is that it's fine instantly after i restart it then i get full speed again and staays like that for days, if it was radar would i still have the same speed after my restart?
Exampel.
Testing speed now: 200mbpsRestart router 10min wait: 1200+ mbps
What device are you testing on?
Are you talking link speeds are actual tested throughput?
plemans I'm testing this on 3 devices the results are the same.
My 3rd Band wifi 4gh-2 where i run WiFi 6 on the 128 channel i onlye have once device assigned, when i first noticed the issue i added more devices to test, same result max speed of 200mbps, restart router full speed on my Desktop full speed on my mobile what it now supports around 600mbps, i use speedtest to test my speed.
So for exampel right now.
Open SpeedTest website on the Desktop thats on the WiFi 5ghz-2 128 channel = Speed caps at 200mbps
Move the desktop device to the WifI 5ghz-1 running on channel 42 i get 900mbps.
Repeate steps with Mobile result change is only due to mobilephone supports 600mbps opn Wifi 2 200mbs caps out on wifi 1 600mbps.
Restart router.
For 2-5 days i will have maxed out speeds at 1200+mbps on 5ghz-2
I can do the same test on multiple devices iPads, laptops all the same, only the second 5ghz band gets this issue.
I can try changing the channel but i dont think that will help at all as i dont have any radar issues on that channel it's more of a degration of speed over time on the band.