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C3700 5G band works at 200mbs but not 433mbps
Using EX3700 as an access point connected by ethernet to C3700 modem/router. The EX3700 5g band seems to work if I set the EX3700 to 200mbs but not at 433mbs. At the higher speed, it usually dpe...
JayG2 wrote:Thanks, Darren. Please let me know if you think I'm wrong, but I don't think your posting makes sense. The EX3700 is connected to the C3700 by ethernet. The EX3700 is configured as an access point. I think the Wi-Fi speed of the C3700 is completely extraneous. I only included that information because I'd like to know why 300mbs is not offered as an option on the EX3700.
The EX3700 supports 802.11ac Wi-Fi. The 433 Mbps setting uses a modulation scheme (256-QAM) in conjunction with an 80 MHz wide channel. The 200 Mbps setting uses the same modulation scheme except with a 40 MHz wide channel. There is no 300 Mbps setting because there is no corresponding modulation scheme.
The C3700 supports 802.11n Wi-Fi. 300 Mbps uses 64-QAM with a 40 MHz channel. AFAIK, there is no 200 Mbps setting. It should be 145 Mbps (technically 144.4 Mbps). This is 64-QAM with a 20 MHz channel.
Hello JayG2
What those speeds mean is how quickly data goes over your network so say you want to send a file or picture from 1 pc to another that are both in your house on the same network what that is saying is the file could be transferred at a rate up to 433 Mbs across your network. My guess is since your main router can only do up to 200 Mbs its telling the extender it can only do that as well.
DarrenM
Thanks, Darren. Please let me know if you think I'm wrong, but I don't think your posting makes sense. The EX3700 is connected to the C3700 by ethernet. The EX3700 is configured as an access point. I think the Wi-Fi speed of the C3700 is completely extraneous. I only included that information because I'd like to know why 300mbs is not offered as an option on the EX3700.
JayG2 wrote:Thanks, Darren. Please let me know if you think I'm wrong, but I don't think your posting makes sense. The EX3700 is connected to the C3700 by ethernet. The EX3700 is configured as an access point. I think the Wi-Fi speed of the C3700 is completely extraneous. I only included that information because I'd like to know why 300mbs is not offered as an option on the EX3700.
The EX3700 supports 802.11ac Wi-Fi. The 433 Mbps setting uses a modulation scheme (256-QAM) in conjunction with an 80 MHz wide channel. The 200 Mbps setting uses the same modulation scheme except with a 40 MHz wide channel. There is no 300 Mbps setting because there is no corresponding modulation scheme.
The C3700 supports 802.11n Wi-Fi. 300 Mbps uses 64-QAM with a 40 MHz channel. AFAIK, there is no 200 Mbps setting. It should be 145 Mbps (technically 144.4 Mbps). This is 64-QAM with a 20 MHz channel.
Thanks, The Ether. I marked your reply as an answer. But if it's knowable, I'd like to know why my EX3700 works at 200mbs but not very well at 433mbs.