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R8000P not producing gigabit wifi speeds
Hi, im new here but I have looked on here for a while for the answer to my quesiton and couldnt find it. Ill try to fill everyone in as best I can on my situation so please pardon the long explanatio...
the R8000P has a 3x3 antenna setup for both 5ghz bands and 2.4ghz. It also has mu-mimo (multiple input, mulitple output). Meaning it can talk to more than 1 device at once if those devices support mu-mimo. And most wireless devices are only 1x1 or 2x2 devices.
so its not a simple answer. Can it do more over the 5ghz if using more than 1 device? potentially.
but it usually doesn't need to. And it half the point of triband was having the ability to seperate out your high bandwidth device.
The reason I say it doesn't usually need to is most services don't need 400mbps. For example, 4k streaming is only 25-40mbps needed. So even if its buffering, its not going to get anywhere close to the 400mbps available.
I've ran triband and dual band flagship routers. with the triband having 2x 5ghz bands (and not being to far away) I haven't ran into bandwidth issues. And I've tested using multiple 4k streamers and gaming machines at a time.
I'd recommend reading one more article, its a review from smallnetbuilder on the r8000P. its a well written article
WhiskeyJack wrote:
when I connect to either of the 5G networks via my phone, laptop, desktop and am standing right beside it, I only get max 450up/down.
What do these devices get when you use other wifi sources?
What is the highest reported speeds that these devices get anywhere? (Ignore any marketing hype on the boxes.)
Those speeds look like the best that those wifi clients are likely to achieve.
Read the link that plemans provided. Then you can relax and stop expecting the impossible.
Ok, i will take a look at that article. There's alot to digest but I will work through it. Looks very well written. Thanks for the replies!
One more question (im sure this is probably answered in the article but for clarity sake I'm going to ask here):
- Since my client devices are limited to let's say 400mbps on 5g, would the entire 5g band be limited to that? As in if I have two devices on one of the 5g bands and downloading at max speeds, would I see 2x400mbps or would it split that to 2x200mbps? What about if the two devices are on separate 5g bands? Would this also be split with the guest network that's virtually hosted on these 5g bands?
Thanks again for the replies!
One more question (im sure this is probably answered in the article but for clarity sake I'm going to ask here):
- Since my client devices are limited to let's say 400mbps on 5g, would the entire 5g band be limited to that? As in if I have two devices on one of the 5g bands and downloading at max speeds, would I see 2x400mbps or would it split that to 2x200mbps? What about if the two devices are on separate 5g bands? Would this also be split with the guest network that's virtually hosted on these 5g bands?
Thanks again for the replies!