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R7800 is maxing out at ~100Mbps
Hi, My R7800 seems to be maxed out at 100Mbps on the 2.4ghz band, but i am getting the full 500Mbps with the 5ghz band. I have updated to the latest firmware and that did not help. can an...
Nebakanezzar wrote:
Ah, ok, didn't know that!
the R7800 says it get speeds up to 800mbps on 2.4ghz...what a bunch of BS false advertising!
I'd agree that a lot of 2.4ghz marketing is BS. Its a bit ridiculous.
I usually recommend reading a few tested review sites to get a decent idea of what performance you should be expecting. Smallnetbuilder did a great review on the R7800 that i'd recommend reading. I did link to the wifi testing part but its all a pretty good read.
More useful background reading that shows that it is unrealistic to expect anything on 2.4 GHz to get anywhere near 800mbps.