Hey all! Long time hobby user of Mikrotiks here, no idea why it took me this long to join this forum.
In any case, I recently redid my entire home network and I’ve hit a roadblock that I lack the knowledge to overcome: my WiFi speed is not as fast as I would wish.
What is the best way to troubleshoot WiFi speed, starting with what tools to use to measure it properly?
Here’s a few details about my setup:
- gigabit FTTH
- RB5009UPr+S+
- RBcAPGi-5acD2nD connected to the router with a 10m long CAT7 cable, with PoE
- MacBook set 1 meter away from the AP
- wired download speed: 900 Mbps according to speedtest.net
- wifi download speed: 100 to 200 Mbps according to speedtest.net
- ping more or less the same around 15 ms
Here’s how the wifi is configured on the AP:
/interface wireless
set [ find default-name=wlan2 ] band=5ghz-a/n/ac channel-width=20/40mhz-Ce \
country=spain default-authentication=no disabled=no distance=indoors \
frequency=auto hide-ssid=yes installation=indoor mode=ap-bridge ssid=null \
wireless-protocol=802.11 wps-mode=disabled
/interface wireless
add disabled=no mac-address=XXX master-interface=wlan1 name=\
VAP2-HOUSE security-profile=SECPOLICY-HOUSE ssid="XXX" wps-mode=\
disabled
Hypotheses that I don’t know how to validate/reject:
- I mucked up something in wifi config. I tried to keep this as out-of-the-box as possible, but maybe that’s not OK?
- I use VLANs to separate work, family and iot devices. On the AP, I see that the bridge from “ether2” to “BR2-HOUSE” has “hw-offload”. Is this why ether is so much faster? How could I test this?
- I have another 5 APs around the house, all providing the same SSIDs as the AP under test. Are they conflicting with the test AP? How to test this?
I’m sure there is stuff I need to read to be able to troubleshoot this. Where should I start? What other info should I post here to help you help me?