Hello everyone,
I setup a hEX PoE and two cAP ac’s for my home internet and I “believe” that I have everything working as it should. I spent much time on these forums and others to try and figure out what I was doing but I did end up just copying settings from others without a complete understanding of what it was doing. Which I know is dumb.
My main question is, why is my WiFi so slow? When on Ethernet, I get full download/upload speeds when doing a any kind of speedtest. My ISP is 500mbps download. However, my WiFi is MUCH slower than that, despite being in the same room as the AP(~20mbps). Can someone look over my config and see if there is anything I screwed up?
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For starters: cap ac can not reach 500Mbps via Wifi.
Max 400 something, under ideal circumstances.
Are you sure the used channel is clear from any interference by other wifi equipment ? Because your config doesn’t show anything about frequency selection, so I assume it is auto, which most of the time is certainly not optimal.
There is also no band selection, so most likely not only AC ? It can slow things down if devices connect with e.g. N or A.
You are also sure the device you use for testing is capable enough to handle that throughput ?
You are using wpa-psk as security setting. Is it needed ? It slows things down.
Yes, I understand that WiFi is not going to show that kind of speed. I am pretty much just looking to optimize as much as I can and 20mbps is ridiculous.
I went ahead and took your advice. I selected different channels and turned off WPA-PSK. I’m not getting ~120mpbs which is MUCH better.
Thank you very much for the help!
On the 5GHz band you can use extension channels (up to 80MHz). You might want to do some testing will adjusting this parameter. You should be able to get up to 350-400Mbps.