Hello, I have one of these routers: https://routerboard.com/RB962UiGS-5HacT2HnT and am using it as my Wireless AC AP for two dedicated devices in my house.
I’ve been testing copying data, to try and get a feel for the speeds. I’m a bit of a novice at this, so my testing methods may be rudimentary. Anyway, whilst copying a file from my local server I get a sort of ‘rollercoaster’ effect. Where the throughput continually peaks and dips, ranging from 51 MB/s at the peak down to 20 MB/s at the dips. It just continually does this up and down the entire time. Looking at the Mikrotik Resources screen, the CPU load only ever tops out at around 40%. I’m wondering what precisely I’m doing wrong and how to get more reasonable speeds, I imagine it must be some sort of configuration since I know the router has 3x3 chains and in theory at least should be capable of much higher speeds.
I’ve attached a screengrab of what I see from the Windows transfer, where you can see the rollercoaster effect (in wired mode this same file copies at 113 MB/s). Additionally I’ve included the Wireless configuration - although disclaimer: I’m not 100% sure how to output the info people may find useful, so I’ve done a print of the wireless menu from WinBox:
name=“wireless-hi” mtu=1500 l2mtu=1600 mac-address=E4:8D:8C:6B:C9:28 arp=enabled interface-type=Atheros AR9888 mode=ap-bridge ssid=“DXXHI” frequency=auto band=5gh scan-list=default wireless-protocol=802.11 vlan-mode=no-tag vlan-id=1 wds-mode=disabled wds-default-bridge=none wds-ignore-ssid=no bridge-mode=enabled default-aut default-ap-tx-limit=0 default-client-tx-limit=0 hide-ssid=no security-profile=main 5GHz compression=no
As well as an export:
default-name=wlan2 ] band=5ghz-onlyac channel-width=20/40/80mhz-eeCe comment=“wireless 5GHz” country=australia disabled=no distance=indoors frequency=auto frequency-mode=regulatory-domain mode=\ ap-bridge name=wireless-hi security-profile=“main 5GHz” ssid=DXXHI wireless-protocol=802.11 wps-mode=disabled
I was a bit confused about how to set the appropriate channel/frequency because all the listed ones appear to be 20 MHz only, at least from what I found on WikiPedia where it was listing them. So I don’t know how to get 40 MHz or 80 MHz wide. Anyway, if anyone has some information, advice or suggestions I’m all ears. Thanks!
