New hap ax s wifi

Hardware MikroTik hardware general
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Hi,

I’ve got a new ax s. Happy to see new chipset. I’m testing wifi capabilities, and results are not good enough. Wifi client is connecting with 2.4gb/2.0gb tx/rx rates, and max speed is about 500 Mbit/s

Configuration is simple. Any suggestions?

/interface bridge
add name=bridge1 protocol-mode=none
/interface ethernet
set [ find default-name=sfp1 ] disabled=yes
/interface wifi
set [ find default-name=wifi2 ] channel.band=5ghz-ax .skip-dfs-channels=all .width=20/40/80/160mhz configuration.country=Russia .mode=ap .ssid=testAAAA disabled=no security.ft=no
/interface bridge port
add bridge=bridge1 interface=ether1
add bridge=bridge1 interface=wifi2
add bridge=bridge1 interface=ether2
/ipv6 settings
set disable-ipv6=yes
/ip dhcp-client
add default-route-tables=main interface=bridge1
/system clock
set time-zone-name=Europe/Warsaw

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How do you test ?

Wifi connected to hap ax s and then where to ? How ?
External speed test server ? Then it might be normal.
Test results for hap AX S as router are about 500Mbps.

Try to test using internal iperf3 server connected to one of the LAN ether ports. See what speed you get then.

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I know there's no HW offload on eth1, so I'm using WAN on eth2. Cable speeds are up to 1Gbps, but Wi-Fi still maxes out at 500Mbps.

Wifi test on pixel 8 pro, ookla speedtest app

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Since you have 1 port as WAN, it's not part of your bridge (I would think) so it's not HW offloaded.

If you do that same Ookla speed test from a cabled computer, to you get 1Gb ? Or also 500Mbps ?

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see cfg above, its simple ap bridge

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Just to be 100% sure ...

Cabled computer, connected to one of the LAN ports of hAP AX S, same speed test. What do you get ?

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up to 1GB/s

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How is it doing 2.4Gbps if it’s triple chain 1.8Gbps ?

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160Mhz

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AX2400 refers to a

WiFi 6 (802.11ax) router's maximum theoretical speed, combining 574 Mbps on the 2.4GHz band and 1800 Mbps on the 5GHz band for a total of ~2400 Mbps, enabling smoother 4K streaming, faster gaming, and handling more devices, but actual speeds depend on distance, interference, and device

ahh ok

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Nevermind...

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I guess It allows setting 160mhz while the Data on the Mikrotik Website only mentions 80mhz.

Maybe the 160mhz just doesnt work and its a bug?