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frequent brief disconnects and speed bottleneck on A7000 nighthawk adapter
Every other minute or so I lose connection for a few seconds. Thought it might have to do with the old internet cables going into my apartment so I had xfinity come out and replace them. still had issues. then they replaced the cables going to the main hub of my apartment complex. still no solution. Upgraded to gig speed and now have an additional problem of being capped out at 275megs when my phone is getting 600+megs when tested right next to my adapter. I've spent 5+ hours searching posts and videos of people with similar problems with this adapter and also with windows potentially slowing internet speed. Implemented all solutions with no changes. Please help. I dont want to have to run an ethernet through my apartment when i see others having better performance than me with the same equipment.
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ChristianDenos wrote:
Upgraded to gig speed and now have an additional problem of being capped out at 275megs when my phone is getting 600+megs when tested right next to my adapter.
What is being "capped out at 275megs"? (I assume you mean you get a top speed of 275Mbps.)
What is this mobile connected to? Your router? A cellullar network? Something else?
How are you making these speed measurements. Different sites will give different results, regardless of the devices you use.
The speed of any wifi device depends on the client and the source of the wifi.
A speed of 275Mbps is pretty good, and is fast enough to do just about anything. The quoted speeds for the A7000 of "up to 600/1300Mbps" are the usual marketing flim flam. (The manual lists top speeds for various wifi sources, starting at 54 Mbps.) In a real world, you may well be getting as fast as the USB device can handle.
It might be worth a bit of background reading.
Understand Wi-Fi 4/5/6 (802.11 n/ac/ad/ax)
@duckware knows their stuff and can bust a few myths and cut through marketing hype.
People who really need speed, as opposed to just wanting to feel a warm glow when they run speed tests, will always go for a wired network. It could even be that Powerline Ethernet beats wifi.
Yes megs means mbps.
My phone was connected to the same network.
I used xfinity speed test for both my computer and phone.
The main issue is the frequent disconnects. it makes competitive gaming virtually impossible when those 2 second disconnects means death in real time gaming.
Before upgrading my internet, 275mbps was fine for me. But that just created a seperated bottleneck issue which is quite frustrating when im paying for more speed and not getting it and also seeing others posting their 600+mbps speed with this adapter.
I understand ethernet is the best choice which would most likely solve my problems. But running the cable is unrealistic in my situation of where im living. I paid for this adapter because its the best on the market and i want what it is advertised to do yet i've run into 1 major and 1 minor issue. I'm looking for answers to them, not suggestions of using different equipment of which i've already mentioned would "on paper" be the better option but it just isnt for me.
Apologies for the frustration. This has just been an ongoing issue and ive spent quite a bit of time attempting to solve with no success.
ChristianDenos many here had similar issues with this adapter, at least on modern setups, it have outdated software that is probbly not going to be updated any soon, but if your setup is not that new it will not hit you probably.
But, even if it had up to date software, getting stable speeds above 300Mbps on wireless means you'd need to basically stand near the router in most cases. This is my favourite page I show to people who wants to understand why they do not get speeds they want: http://mcsindex.com/ - it will show you how many modern technologies needs to be employeed for these speeds, like spatial streams, encodings or short GI "tricks" that need to be supported by both router and adapter - and all of those streams need to have good connection, also many of these technologies need better connection stability as you progress through them.
This is rarely told by marketers - but WiFi is not for speed, as already mentioned by michael. This is the reason I never bought internet above 300Mbps even though >1Gbps is easily achievable these days - because I don't want cables laying around and it's not feasible to get above this speed in most cases on wireless and to keep it anywhere stable. In practice, these kind of speeds are either for multiple simultaneous wireless users at home, or for wired connections.
