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2004ep3hatch
Feb 08, 2020Aspirant
Not getting 1 gig download
Hi Guys, Ok, so here is the thing. I did search and see others have same questions, but seems that I tried disabling certain things as mentioned did not work. I have the R8500. I do get the 1 gi...
- Feb 09, 2020
2004ep3hatch wrote:
I do get the 1 gig when I'm wired in to my iMac. I do not when I'm wireless on the 5GZ band. I get a max of about 650 down. On the 2.4, it's only like 100 down. I have no idea what's going on.
Wifi will never match wired. Its physics.
This may be a long read, but it can dispel many illusions:
Understand Wi-Fi 4/5/6 (802.11 n/ac/ad/ax)
microchip8
Feb 09, 2020Master
This is a limitation of DOCSIS itself. I heard the upcoming DOCSIS 4.0 will "fix" this issue and be able to provide symmetrical speeds
2004ep3hatch
Feb 09, 2020Aspirant
I need to google that lol. That’s where it gets really technical and I don’t understand. But, these are real answers.
Thanks.
Thanks.