WirelessWire Cube Pro Speed

RouterOS Wireless Networking
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Just received and tested a WirelessWire Cube Pro over a distance of about 20ft on a completely isolated network. The setup is

WIndows laptop --> 1gbps switch --> Cube60Proac ------ 20 ft air ------ Cube60Proac ---1gbps switch --- RPi5 (Debian, DHCP server)

The devices were aimed with the help of a laser pointer. Throughput was tested with iperf3 at both ends.

The connection worked flawlessly, but I get a maximum of 700mbps in this configuration. Replacing the bridge with ethernet cable I get about 995mbps.

I haven’t explored routerOS yet, is there any tuning that would get the speed up to par with wire?

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Hi

  1. Frequency = 62640 or 66960
  2. Try replacing windows with another OS
    This is due specifically to Windows 8-11 (it is not yet clear why)
    For example, Windows 7, Linux gives full throughput speed

This has something to do with windows delays and balancing.

P.S What version of ROS are you using?

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At 20 feet, these will run pretty hot regardless of the channel.

66960 is best for long range, followed by 64800 and 58320.

62640 or 60480 have the highest oxygen absorption (although at 20 feet it really won’t matter).

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The devices aren’t installed yet and I don’t have access at the moment (they’re in a box in a closet :slight_smile: When installed they will be bridging a gap of only 60 feet between two buildings.

I’m curious why Windows would slow down the link when connected over the air but not with a physical cable. Does Windows detect something in latency and possibly window size and throttle it?

I guess I will wait until the devices are installed, then update ROS to the latest version and in the meantime read up on ROS (I have a good background in Debian).

I’ll add to this thread when I have more info.

Thanks for the suggestions on frequency.