Remove the microscopic pictures you posted and learn to copy and paste text.
Wifi link speed maxes at 866 or 433 depending on client, if you get above half of it you are ok.
Also why you intentionally overlap (1) and (2) channel?
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I assume you mean using 5ghz channels 44 and 36? no reason beyond i recently setup the Archer A7 and that was an oversight.
As far as DHCP... I have my ISP Router/Modem plugged into my primary router via the WAN port, so I don't THINK have a double NAT issue as DHCP is ignored on all access points and should only be handled via my primary OpenWrt router.
Not sure if it would be best to put my xfinity box into bridge mode? i tried that, but shouldn't figure out how to establish WAN connection. If it's worth having that device in bridge mode I'll try to figure that out.
You're running (or attempting to) do 40MHz channels on 2.4ghz?
But yeah 250Mbps sounds low for 80mhz channel width with wireless AC. Unless single stream client? (i.e. 433/866 as mentioned before) What are the client specs? I get that on 40MHz channels.
Most settings are done pretty blind, I'm still learning, so 40 was likely an artifact of me just playing w/ settings. That being said, i'm in a pretty low density area so in general I'm not too worried about AP interference...
One AP is in a metal barn, the other in the house and one outside between the house and barn.
Clients are iphones 11 and 13 I think, macbook pro (2015) and newer dell laptops
Pristine RF environment 40mhz channel widths on 2.4ghz are going to be OK enough. But just FYI that channel numbers overlap on 2.4ghz. And 40mhz takes up two of your 1,6,11 channel options.
Cool. I've had my phones go down to 1 spatial stream (i.e. to 433mbps max link rate) in some locations/instances so that could also be why you have low speeds. But they all sound like 2 stream or better devices?
If you want to be particular you can look at the surrounding stuff by having a look at your channel survey and channel scan data on the ap's and see whether they're going to be conflicting. The graphs / pictures will show the width and whether you're going to have co channel or adjacent channel interference.
Yeah, my macbook which is the oldest of the bunch was getting ~800mbs via the ISP router, so they should all be 2... i have no idea how to verify how many streams they are utilizing though
Mm. Yeah so we just need to make sure we're clear that this is a real world speed test, or your "link rate"? We also have other factors like how far away you are from the different AP's. Can you compare your link rate vs your speed test?
IMO check under channel analysis section in LuCi or go command line and get the channel survey dump and other data to make sure automatic channel s election (acs) is actually putting you on the best channel.
the ratio of 280/440 sounds about right. i.e. looks like your link rate is limiting your speed, if you claim the AP's can theoretically link at ~866 for example.
Basically if you want more speed you need to also improve your link rate and/or reduce retransmissions and/or other stuff simultaneously transmitting on the same channel.
We'd need to have a look at what your link margin is. (SNR / the power you can see / link quality etc). On macbook hold option when you click wifi button. On the AP it should also be there.
Also would need to check channel utilisation and what's happening over the air. Just in case effective link rate is less because having to back off and share the channel?
IMO i'd declare victory if you get more than 200mbps real rate on 802.11ac AP's =P But if you can get an 80mhz link to actually work should get closer to 400+ when close to the AP.
going to internet isn't as good as going to another wired local network server if you're trying to check local network speed.
iperf3? there's a bunch of local network speed transfer utilities.
Yeah, you are definitely talking way over my head w/ some of that stuff as far as link rate but I'm going to do a little bit of research to see I can learn up.
Our house is in the middle of 2.5 acres and we have good distance from the other houses in the area, so when i do a 5g scan very little comes up, and even 2.4g is pretty minimal.
Thank you and thank you to the rest of the folks that chimed in on this thread, I think there is a definite improvement to my wi-fi connection speed and quality already!
