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RS700S not delivering 1.5Gbps
I recently upgraded my modem and router so I could add more devices and get higher speeds. I purchased the Netgear Nighthawk CM2000 cable modem and the Nighthawk RS700S Wifi 7 router. According to th...
This website from Apple lists the WiFi capability for different Apple devices.
https://support.apple.com/guide/deployment/wi-fi-specifications-for-apple-devices-dep268652e6c/web
As of today (Aug 26th, 2024), Apple devices do not support 5GHz with 160MHz channel bandwidth, so the Max PHY data rate that Apple devices can get for the 5GHz WiFi is 1200mbps.
WiFi is half-duplex and there are efficiency rates from the PHY data rates to the autual speeds (e.g. Ookla speed test numbers), usually we take 50% for the efficiency rates. With a good condition, the efficiency rates can reach 70% or 80%.
That is, with Apple devices today, you cannot get more than 1Gbps in speed test through 2.4GHz or 5GHz WiFi.
To get more than 1Gbps in speed test with an Apple device today, you need a 6GHz WiFi capable Apple device and connect it to the router through the 6GHz band at close range.
Correct. I never had an issue with my 2.5 GHz or 5 GHz channel speed, it was always at or near spec. The problem with 6 GHz came up recently after I upgraded my incoming speed from my ISP to be "1.5 Gig" and bought a new modem and router from Netgear to accommodate it. I just couldn't get the 6 GHz speed to do much better than what I was getting with 5 GHz. Your solution did the trick.
Apple said it could possibly be solved by a single SSID, but that's not necessary and quite impractical for me to do given the number of attached devices. Here's a link to their suggestion:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/102285
Thanks again for your help!