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monstro
Aspirant
Oct 04, 2019

EX3700 not supporting 802.11n at all allthough promised in the datasheet

Although stated in the datasheet that the EX3700 is supporting • IEEE® 802.11 b/g/n 2,4 GHz • IEEE® 802.11 a/n/ac 5 GHz in reality EX3700 get's no connection to 802.11n WLANs (tested with differen...
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schumaku
Guru - Experienced User
Oct 04, 2019
monstro wrote:

Although stated in the datasheet that the EX3700 is supporting

• IEEE® 802.11 b/g/n 2,4 GHz

• IEEE® 802.11 a/n/ac 5 GHz

in reality EX3700 get's no connection to 802.11n WLANs (tested with different routers) neither on 2,4 GHz nor at 5 GHz.

Well, EX3700 (V1.0.0.76_1.0.49) we see link rates of 144 Mb/s, 270 Mb/s, and under ideal conditions (more lab-like, not really extending the WiFi much) even 300 Mb/s link rates on 2.4 GHz - what is clealry 802.11n on this band (802.11g would top to just 54 Mb/s).

 

monstro wrote:

Now I found in the Users Manual second last line this

Interface 802.11ac, 802.11a, 802.11g, 802.11b

So no 802.11n.

Weak documentation only ... the Factory Default Settings (p.46) list Operating mode 802.11a/b/g/n/ac. We could argue the Data Rates shown are just reflecting the maximum numbers for the various standards - Data rate in the 2.4 GHz band 54/145/300 Mbps, Data rate in the 5 GHz band 54/145/300/433 Mbps  ... there are many more data rates possibe, depending on the signal, the conction quality, bandwidth, ...