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r7800 vs r7900
Setup: r7800 firmware 1.02 r7900p 1.03 1400 sq ft two floors All speeds in mbs repeated 5 times R7800 5ft 190 r7900p 643 20 ft 200 r7900p 225 Upstairs R7800 110 r7900p 95 Downstairs r7800 15...
- Ok. Tried a used r7800 which I obtained separately. That worked at 630 mbps at 5 feet. And 415 at 20ft. Mu Mimo was enabled and ht 160 did not make a difference.
Signs of a crippled r7800. Wan port kept dropping out. Also the setup would not allow for an AP mode easily. Compared to r7900p though so far it’s been similar. The price of a used one would make this a choice for the 7800
Good points. 7800 1.0.2.62 7900p 1.0.3.8 All on the same day. Testing for those numbers were with an iPhone XS all on the 5 ghz channel. The 7900p was on the first 5ghz channel. Then using a t480 Lenovo laptop the numbers matched at two spots 6ft and at 20ft. Did not check up and downstairs. Qqs not enabled on both. Not sure how to test differently to your question about the polling method, but the same spots were used with the iPhone to measure the transmission rate. I cannot get insight to work to attach the devices to measure signal strength so use transmission as alternate.
If the channels interference is so severe then I guess the triband 7900p helps?
If the channels interference is so severe then I guess the triband 7900p helps?
You can download free programs online for either pc/mac or from an app store for channel scanning.
Triband does have its benefits. I've got around 20+ 5ghz devices so its nice to seperate them out a little bit.
Again, wireless speed testing is nice for an indicator of a problem (is there?) or are you just testing to see which device works best for you?
I test a lot of routers and can get different results each time I test, with different firmwares, different time of days, different wifi channels, etc.
I'd recommend playing around with both routers testing different locations, different wifi channels, or even just getting all your devices connected and seeing which device performs the best. I've got a RAX200 that I've had the best single speed from a router but I still go back to my orbi because its consistantly faster over the whole house and provides better coverage. it might be peak speed slower but its much better at distance.