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trevorh123
Feb 01, 2023Tutor
CAX 80 Slow wifi speeds
Hello, I've seen numerous threads about the CAX 80 having slow speeds over wifi using Xfinity and it seems I'm having the same issues. I've been with Xfinity for almost a year now, and have ...
plemans
Feb 02, 2023Guru - Experienced User
Your iphones speeds are about what you can expect too as its doesn't support 160hz wide channels. So its best link speed is 1200mbps. And actual throughput tends to be around 55-65% of link speed. So hitting that 600-800mbps is about what you'd expect.
Your laptop card is your limiting factor on it. You might check as some laptops its fairly easy to upgrade the wireless card in them. I've done it to a couple and its not really that expensive if you diy it.
trevorh123
Feb 02, 2023Tutor
Got it! I'll look into upgrading the wireless card and see where that takes me.
Thank you!