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R7800 - DL speed 1/3 that of UL Speed over WiFi
Hello! I've recently upgraded to gigabit fiber in my home and as a result, have upgraded my network hardware. I have an Ubiquiti Edgerouter Lite feeding a brand new R7800 in AP mode. Connected via et...
Thanks for that suggestion. Might be worth a shot.
After trying the Synology and Unifi AC HD and getting essentially identical performance from all three, I'm thinking this could be some sort of limitation of my computer. As a result, both the Synology and Unifi were sent back and I'll plan to keep the R7800 for the forseeable future. So trying out 3rd party FW seems like a logical next step to try when I have time.
I'd start with the obvious stuff..
Enable WMM
Disable HT160 (if it's enabled) and re-test.
Disable MU-MIMO (if it's enabled) and re-test.
I'm going to assume it's nothing on the Mac side, that is giving you grief..
Are you able to run iperf between your Mac and another wireless client or a wired 1000Mbps client to check throughput? (as opposed to running a speedtest).
Another thing to try, is run the 7800 in router mode, but disable DHCP etc, (give the 7800 a static IP Address) to see if that improves your throughput.. There was a bug on some of hte R Series routers, where in AP mode (and plugged into the WAN port),would casue throughput degerdation. Not sure if the 7800 suffers from this problem, but you could try this, as a last resort.
Or... get a Unifi AP HD!
Hi netwrks. Thanks for the help. I tried basically everything you mentioned with exactly the same results each time.
- HT 160 is already disabled
- Disabled MU-MIMO with no effect
- Tried iPerf3 with one gigabit computer connected via eithernet and the other new MacBook Pro via 5Ghz wifi and it gave me the same results again when the wired machine was the server. When swapped them and the wifi machine was the server, again same results, it was much faster.
- Also tried setting it in router mode. No difference.
I'm stumped. I may check out the Unifi if I can't figure this one out or the Synology gives me the same thing. I'd love to get the R7800 to work, but it seems to be some sort of hardware or software limitation.
Have tried disabling the traffic monitor.
Someone reported for his x6 he had similar issues with both wired and wireless reporting 450/450mbps. Once he disable the monitor it jumped back to 930+mbpsDisabling traffic monitor, if it can be enabled in AP mode, is a good idea..
EDIT: the wired testing you did, was that directly connected to the ERL, or on the back of the 7800? If you tested wired, connected to the ERL, for giggles, swap out your Ethernet cable between the ERL and 7800.
