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Users on FTTP 900, whats the fastest wifi speeds and what router are you using?

tronage — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 21:03:37 GMT

Hi Guys

Im looking for other peoples experience on the same profile as me,

At the Moment Im using HH2 wand getting around 250Mbps down via wifi on a macbook pro that supports 1300Mbps wifi,

Id like to buy a new wifi 6 router and spend around £250. Im not gaming I would just like to have the best wifi

download speed down via wifi,

Ideally is anyone can share there wifi speeds and router they are using to get them,

thanks in advance

Re: Users on FTTP 900, whats the fastest wifi speeds and what router are you using?

jb68 — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 21:14:22 GMT

Hi,

I'm using the Asus RT-AX88U and can get 800-900Mbps on wifi 6 ax band on both my Mac and my iPhone .

Re: Users on FTTP 900, whats the fastest wifi speeds and what router are you using?

bobpullen — Tue, 02 May 2023 12:22:28 GMT

@tronagewrote:
At the Moment Im using HH2 wand getting around 250Mbps down via wifi on a macbook pro that supports 1300Mbps wifi,

Does your Macbook even support Wi-Fi6/AX? That 1300mbps figure has me wondering. See here.

To answer your question, I have a pretty busy network and can get around ~350-400mbps in optimal conditions using a 2x2 Wi-Fi5 client and a BT SH2.

I also have an Asus ET12, which will do ~600mbps using a 2x2 Wi-Fi6 client. I can almost max a 900mbps line when the planets align and the hub is operating in 160MHz mode (not all hubs can do this), or I'm sat on top of it using a Wi-Fi6E client and the 6GHz band.

Bear in mind that there's a lot that can contribute to Wi-Fi speeds, not least the capability of the connecting device. Don't go into a new router purchase expecting every device on your network to magically start operating at 900mbps. For some devices, that's very likely to be impossible.

Re: Users on FTTP 900, whats the fastest wifi speeds and what router are you using?

tronage — Wed, 03 May 2023 00:08:51 GMT

Ended up buy a Netgear Nighthawk RAX200

Setup was easy enough, link rate looks bang on,

But speed tests. On Iphone 13 Pro, Macbook Pro, Samsung galaxy 23, all come back at around 350Mbps done

Speeds:

Wifi 350Mbps down / 100Mbps up

Wired 931Mbps down / 110Mbps up

anyone any ideas, how to increase, will probably just send it back the reason for purchased was ro increase speed over wifi,

My macbook has

ac@5 GHz

1300 Mbps

Re: Users on FTTP 900, whats the fastest wifi speeds and what router are you using?

Keith_Beddoe — Wed, 03 May 2023 05:12:59 GMT

@tronage

You are unlikely to get anything like the full speed over wireless, on a single device.

It was never intended that people get full speed on all devices, especially on a wireless connection. The intention is to allow that bandwidth to be shared among family members and multiple devices, without each user noticing any slowdown.

Here is a quote from old post by @SeanD on 18/06/2021

"I think for the first time ever we are in a situation whereby the speed you can now get through Full Fibre outperforms the capabilities of many devices.

The Smart hub 2 does not come with Wi-Fi 6 but this is something we are looking to include in our next generation of Hub. I don't have any info as to when we will launch a new router by Wi-Fi 6 will bring some improvement.

As an example of what I mean in terms of devices not being able to support the full breadth of speed available on Full Fibre , take a look at the table below. This is just for a couple of Apple Smart Phones and Tablets along with popular Samsung models,

Apple (Smartphones)	Dualband (2.4 & 5Ghz)	Theoretical Max speed on 2.4Ghz connection	Theoretical Max speed on 5Ghz connection
IPHONE SE	Yes	60mbps	300mbps
IPHONE SE 2020	Yes	135mbps	600mbps

Samsung (Smartphones)	Dualband (2.4 & 5Ghz)	Theoretical Max speed on 2.4Ghz connection	Theoretical Max speed on 5Ghz connection
galaxy-s10e	Yes	135mbps	600mbps
galaxy-s10-5g	Yes	135mbps	600mbps

Apple (Tablets)	Dualband (2.4 & 5Ghz)	Theoretical Max speed on 2.4Ghz connection	Theoretical Max speed on 5Ghz connection
IPAD pro 3rd gen (Nov 2018)	Yes	135mbps	600mbps
IPAD pro 4th gen (March 2020)	Yes	135mbps	600mbps

Samsung (Tablet)	Dualband (2.4 & 5Ghz)	Theoretical Max speed on 2.4Ghz connection	Theoretical Max speed on 5Ghz connection
galaxy-tab-s5e	Yes	100mbps	300mbps
galaxy-tab-s6	Yes	60mbps	600mbps

Re: Users on FTTP 900, whats the fastest wifi speeds and what router are you using?

brookheather — Wed, 03 May 2023 10:13:01 GMT

Are you next to the router when conducting your speed tests - from the screenshots it looks like the 5GHz network is not at full strength? You should be getting much higher speeds though this will rely on the router being able to use wide channels - if there is local interference then it may be using 40MHz channels instead which will reduce the speeds. Try some different channels for 5GHz - you should be able to change the second 5GHz network band to channel 100 for example. Make sure you are using different SSIDs for all three networks so you know which one you are connected to.

Re: Users on FTTP 900, whats the fastest wifi speeds and what router are you using?

tronage — Wed, 03 May 2023 10:15:42 GMT

Yeah im sitting about 3 feet away from router,

I thought that as well why would it be full strengh

Re: Users on FTTP 900, whats the fastest wifi speeds and what router are you using?

tronage — Wed, 03 May 2023 10:28:07 GMT

In the last. week,

Ive had 4 engineers, 1 Cube, 3x openreach engineers

Wired with there BT laptops. around 450Mbps down wired, and Wifi around 150-250Mbps down,

(appleTV wired maxes out. 930/110 ) BTHH2 or Netgear)

Plan was New router to improve wifi, something is holding it back

Here is a speedtest on the Macbook. around 3ft from router.

https://www.speedtest.net/result/14688669306

Re: Users on FTTP 900, whats the fastest wifi speeds and what router are you using?

tronage — Wed, 03 May 2023 11:32:58 GMT

Thanks for reply

Ive got 5G-1 and 5G-2

Changed channels on both while on phone to Netgear support,

5G-1 changed speed results same around 171Mbps

SG-2. was on channel 100, as soon as we change to higher channel, its

no longer visible, its still broadcasting, but visible changed back to channel 100

visible again speed results just the same,

Netgear said will escalate to second line support. they also said it was normal to have only 2 bar signal while a couple

inches from the router. due to interference

Re: Users on FTTP 900, whats the fastest wifi speeds and what router are you using?

bobpullen — Wed, 03 May 2023 11:49:52 GMT

The link rates in your screenshots are about what I would expect for 80MHz 5GHz channel width. The link rate will always be a magnitude higher than what can be achieved in terms of throughput though. It gets complicated, but for 80MHz 5GHz operation, you can roughly half it for a ball park esitmate.

Your Macbook does not support Wi-Fi 6 if it's AC only, so you can ignore any benefit that might bring.

Re: Users on FTTP 900, whats the fastest wifi speeds and what router are you using?

tronage — Wed, 03 May 2023 11:52:55 GMT

Thanks for reply

yeah its exactly that 80MHz 5GHz

and I agree. maybe should get around half, surely that should still be around 500Mbps,

150-200 just seems super low,

Re: Users on FTTP 900, whats the fastest wifi speeds and what router are you using?

bobpullen — Wed, 03 May 2023 12:06:49 GMT

Agree that does seem low.

Even aiming for half might be a bit optimistic though.

Anecdotal, but here's what I see sat at my kitchen table about 4 metres from my Wi-Fi 6 hub in a clear line of sight (both devices are sat next to each other): -

Wi-Fi 6 capable Pixel 7 Pro - ~600mbps (half of link speed)
Wi-FI 5 Pixelbook Go - ~360mbps (less than half of link speed)

My Pixelbook admittedly has a little less Wi-Fi grunt compared to your Macbook, however this hopefully helps illustrate that things aren't black and white when it comes to Wi-Fi. There's a whole bunch of stuff to consider outside of the hub itself e.g. capability of the connecting devices, number of devices sharing the Wi-Fi, radio environment/noise etc.

Re: Users on FTTP 900, whats the fastest wifi speeds and what router are you using?

Anonymous — Wed, 03 May 2023 12:13:22 GMT

I get just over 400Mbs down from my SH2 to my Galaxy S23

Re: Users on FTTP 900, whats the fastest wifi speeds and what router are you using?

jb68 — Wed, 03 May 2023 14:33:42 GMT

I use channel 100 ASUS AX88u and basically get 800-900 speed around full house. Must be hardly any congestion. Very solid performance iPhone iPad and Mac.

Re: Users on FTTP 900, whats the fastest wifi speeds and what router are you using?

tronage — Wed, 03 May 2023 15:11:18 GMT

Thats amazing speeds,

Just out of curiosity, whats the models of your devices,

Im trying :

Macbook pro 16, (says supports wifi AC/1300Mbps)

Iphone pro 13,

Apple 4k Tv ( but wired can do 930/110 solid)

These devices up and down, 150Mbps-250Mbps (wifi)

Now tempted to get Asus. Router, not waste any more time on netgear,

Re: Users on FTTP 900, whats the fastest wifi speeds and what router are you using?

jb68 — Wed, 03 May 2023 20:39:36 GMT

Hi,

iPad Pro 2020. MacBook M1 Max 16 inch and iPhone 13 Pro

I do recommend the ASUS AX88u router. Has 8 ports and solid Wi-Fi 6 performance.

Re: Users on FTTP 900, whats the fastest wifi speeds and what router are you using?

tronage — Wed, 03 May 2023 23:14:14 GMT

Fingers crossed, just ordered the ASUS AX88u. get it tomorrow,

Its a weird situation, I guess around 3 weeks ago, I was on 300Mbps profile for the last 3 years,

running rock solid all devices around 310Mbps totally stable. wifi and wired, Then the only. change made

was changing my profile to 900Mbps, since then all wifi devices are not stable, wifi 150Mbps-250Mbps. and wired Laptops. 450-470Mbps, 3 openreach engineers see the issue and say they totally have no idea, and they close case

off and say need to go back to my provider, which is BT,

Re: Users on FTTP 900, whats the fastest wifi speeds and what router are you using?

tronage — Thu, 04 May 2023 21:55:36 GMT

New router arrived today, from amazon 🙂

Tried so far:

BH2

Netgear RAX200.

now

Asus. AX88U Pro. so far not a real improvement, trying on several devices, no consistancy at all

up and down like a yoyo, more so down, more consistant 200-300Mbps all devices, the odd

test comes in a 500Mbps then every other test back arounf 200-300Mbps

On Macbook Pro AC/1300 , ( not wifi 6)

Speedtest @ 2.4.Ghz 26Mbps down

https://www.speedtest.net/result/14695554093

Speedtest @ 5Ghz. 210Mbps down.

https://www.speedtest.net/result/14695627054

Iphone 13 Pro max. (not wifi 6). on 5Ghz

average 200-300Mbps,

Samsung s20 Ultra. ( Wifi 6)

200-300Mbps

Samsung s23 Ultra (wifi 6)

200-300Mbps

screen shot from router page, ive tried changing settings, when changes

take effect the SSID seems to stop braodcasting,

another bt engineer out tomorrow

Re: Users on FTTP 900, whats the fastest wifi speeds and what router are you using?

tronage — Thu, 04 May 2023 23:46:16 GMT

Very Strange

now since around midnight. wifi speed on all devices has jumped up,

Iphone around 650-700Mbps

Macbook around 600Mbs

Samsung around 650Mbps,

Now need to wait and see if ALL drop back down tomorrow,

Re: Users on FTTP 900, whats the fastest wifi speeds and what router are you using?

Crimliar — Fri, 05 May 2023 09:36:01 GMT

FTTP 900, Asus GT-AX6000

Direct speedtest on router 935/105 - with 40ish devices this is the only means to perform a clean speed test.

Poco F3 820/100

Most other 5GHz devices (inc WiFi6) 300-350/60-90

2.4GHz WiFi 4 devices 30-50/20-40