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R9000 - only getting 25% WiFi speed on 802.11ad 5GHz
I purchased the router brand new yesterday and upgraded our internet service to 800 mbps, but I am only getting 200 mbps over wifi (I do get 800 mbps with ethernet cable). I have a brand new Dell Pre...
foxbrady, 300.0 Mbps PHY speed explains a lot. schumaku is right, that PHY rate implies 40Mhz channel width, but you should be able to do better?
On Dell PC:
- log in as admin
- computer management / device manager / network adapters
- double click on adapter / click on 'Advanced' tab
- Check these adapter properties:
- channel width for 5 GHz (want auto)
- HT mode (want VHT)
If those settings look OK, sign onto router and verify the 5GHz wireless settings: For "mode" (speed) of 5GHz -- want 'up to 1733', which is 80Mhz channe (other settings reduce channel to 40Mhz and 20 Mhz).
duckware even though I was not able to find the settings you described in step 4, I went ahead and changed the channel to 40 and BOOM, the speed shot up big time. The status is now showing 866.7 mbps!! Speed test, however, is showing 426 down and 48 up. That's incredible that just changing one setting would increase the speed that much. Incredible - thank you!
Let's push it. I'm 10' away from the router. What do I need to do to get the full 800 mbps on the speed test?
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Let's push it. I'm 10' away from the router. What do I need to do to get the full 800 mbps on the speed test?
On wireless (like 802.11ac, 802.1n, 802.11g, 802.11a) regardless of the PHY link rate, you will never get the same effective sustained data rate. Some 50..55% are feasible. The 426 down is about right, the 48 is to low.