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AC1750 (R6400) 2.4GHz wifi speeds
After my rather sad experience described here, I settled on the R6400. Everything seems to be working, except I am not sure I get adequate wifi speeds. With the old router, my laptop (wifi adapter Atheros AR956x) got consistent 90 mbps on speedtest, which is also what I always get on a wired desktop from my ISP.
With the new router, I never get above 50 mbps on said laptop (or other wireless devices), while the speed through the wired hookup is still 90 mbps. Didn't mess with the settings, channel set to auto.
Is this normal performance? Any tweaks needed?
Thanks.
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QOS disabled
WMM enabled
WPA2 used
Not sure which mode, but if you mean the transfer modes, then up to 450 and 1300 mbps for 2.4 and 5 GHz, respectively. Actually, after enabling 5 GHz band on the wireless devices (some Android phones have "2.4GHz only" by default), I get the expected 90 mbps. Not on the laptop though. Atheros advanced driver options don't have anything to switch the bands, assuming the adapter actually supports this band.