XR700 seperate 2.5ghz and 5Ghz or stick to smart connect?

[lextheimpaler]

Should i stick to smart connect or seperate? What settings to be used ie. Channel? Im only getting 900Mbps for 5GHZ

[schumaku]

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@lextheimpaler wrote:

Should i stick to smart connect or seperate?

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Nothing wrong with having a single user friendly network name and seamless roaming between the 5 GHz and the 2.4 GHz network, e.g. when moving away from the router where 5 GHz dos become difficult, isn't it? 

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@lextheimpaler wrote:

What settings to be used ie. Channel?

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Ideally channels not used in the neighbourhood - what can be difficult in a dense environment. A WiFi test app like Netgear's can help identifiy the other networks - the visible ones at least.

Not a regular XR user, there might be a control to enable HR160.

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@lextheimpaler wrote:

Im only getting 900Mbps for 5GHZ

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Throughput (that would be wow!) or negotiated link rate? What client, what distance, what obstacles, ...?

[FURRYe38]

What devices are you using with the XR700?

Is 160Mhz enabled on the XR? 

[lextheimpaler]

Througput less than 2 feet to the router

[lextheimpaler]

to enable 160Mhz do i need to turn off smart connect?

[FURRYe38]

See if it will enable with SC enabled. 

[schumaku]

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@lextheimpaler wrote:

Througput less than 2 feet to the router

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What kind of wireless client (make, model, ...)?

For a good 802.11ac client, 900 Mb/s is a very good peak up- and downstream spead on 5 GHz - around the max you can expect.