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"Up to 5.8 Gbps" it only uses 20 Mhz
I am having the same issue, it keeps going to 20 MHz even though I'm trying to use this for a Quest 3 wireless access point. 20 MHz is not cutting it either for steamVR. I bought this router exclus...
Yeah, we need to know
- what the router model it is (RS700, RS600, or RS500)?
- which channel is set to/operating on?
- and how did you check the bandwidth?
For the 5GHz band on RS700, RS600, RS500, RS200: "Up to 5.8Gbps" can operate in the 160MHz, and "Up to 2.9Gbps" can operate only up to 80MHz (is not supposed to oeprate in the 160MHz).
For the RS300 and RS100, "Up to 2.9Gbps" can operate in the 160MHz.
==> This is due to they have different number of streams for the 5GHz band.
From the router's management Web GUI,
- BASIC tab / Wireless menu: Wireless Settings | Channel under the 5GHz --> it shows the operation channel set for the 5GHz band.
- ADVANCED dashboard / Wireless Settings (5.0GHz) tile --> the Channel there shows the actual channel currently the 5Ghz is operating on.
Router is a RS300. The only band enabled with the 6 GHz band, smart connect is off.
Channel 181 (Freq 6855 MHZ @ 160 MHZ bandwidth)
Using multiple wifi analyzer applications
Selecting Up to 2.9 Gbps enables 160 MHZ on the 6 GHz band, but enabling the 5.8 Gbps goes straight to 20 MHz when it should be doing 320 MHz. I have another 6 GHz router that uses channel 5 and it can get access to the full 320 MHz, but this one won't even though the box says it can do 320 MHz in 6 GHz band.
May we know the which WiFi analyzer application was used? windows or MacOS? And type of Wi-Fi adapter used for scanning?
WiFi analyzer on the Android Galaxy S21 Ultra and WiFi Analyzer for Windows 11. The Android one is the one that can show all the frequencies and bandwidth. My other 6G router is an Asus GT-BE98 Pro that has dual 6 GHZ, channel 5 and 133. They can't reach my office though.
The analyzer shows 2 SSID's on the same channel from the Netgear, so I don't know if that is a feature.
The 160 MHZ does work for what I'm trying to stream though, which is F1 25 through Virtual Desktop on a Quest 3. But I would like to know why it can't take the higher bandwidth of 320 MHz. I can tell its not because when I put it to the highest mode, it lags like crazy on SteamVR, but on the second highest, its fine.