Not getting the internet speed I pay for
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[QUOTE="I What’s your contract say? I bet it says, “up to XXX speed….”
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Plus that's ridiculous speed. I have 5mb and I've never thought it was slow. 5mb is what, 20x slower?
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Plus that's ridiculous speed. I have 5mb and I've never thought it was slow. 5mb is what, 20x slower?
That looks like some sort of NIC at some point isn't negotiating gigabit speeds and running at 100Mbps. That is not right.
Forget high throughput on the 2.4GHz channels, it's just not possible.
How much bandwidth is allocated to the 5GHz channel? What 802.11(??) standard?
You can get > 1Gb/s sustained throughput on 5GHz (ax) with 160MHz bandwidth allocated to the channel. I do it every day.
What's your modem?
Should I call Xfinity and complain?
How much bandwidth did you allocate to your 5GHz channel?
Is all of the equipment theirs? If so, then yes, that is seriously underperforming. Should at least be hitting 300-500 on modern devices and equipment.
No, not until you know which WiFi standard you are using and how much bandwidth is allocated to your channel. If you are on 802.11ac, 1Gb/s throughput just isn't going to happen. With an 80MHz 802.11ac channel, you'll be lucky to get 500Mb/s sustained.
But I think we both can agree that even with knowing very little about the poster's setup, if they're running Xfinity equipment, which barring a major end-user equipment change or reconfiguration (Xfinity will provide equipment to support the 1Gbps tier) and what appears to be a modern MacOS version... 75-85x10 is pretty far off. Unless poster is a far away from the AP and going through 6 walls and falling back to 2.4GHz.
I do not limit bandwidth on my main hidden SSID. My IoT SSID however is called at 3Mbps and is 2.4GHz only.
How do I find out which WiFi standard I'm using and the bandwidth allocation?
Understood you don't limit, but how much bandwidth (channels) do you allocate to your 5GHz radio?
Yeah, I agree something isn't right. I would just like to understand which WiFi standard and how much bandwidth is allocated to the channel, so we have the right expectations.
Either log onto the router or look in your adapter config on your PC.
20, 40 and 80MHz. Limit of the AP22. I guess the new AP25 do 160MHz. But I also hear they run super super hot.
From your throughput, I'm guessing you have 802.11ac with an 80MHz channel.
So now we're getting into stuff I'm not sure on.
I'm not sure how to answer the "how much bandwidth" question. Can you clarify?
The router is 802.11ac
In the router settings for 5GHz, for channel width, my options are Auto, 20 MHz ONLY, and 40 MHz.
Without an 80MHz channel option, I'm betting you are on 802.11n. If that is the case, you're not going to get much better than 200Mb/s.
