Full Fibre 900 - Slow WiFi and Smart Hub2 speeds

[RufFy]

Hi, recently had Fibre to the home fitted, with the 900 Mbps package.  Got a few challenges:

1. Even with a Wi-Fi AX rated iPhone - I only get 250 Mbps standing right next to the SH2, which progressively drops to around 150Mbps as I move 10 feet away.  (Feels quite poor to me)

2. Despite having 4 Wi-Fi Discs in a number of rooms (well positioned with the app), the Black Discs only seem to throw out 150 Mbps each... when I run a speed test on two devices at the same time, it halves on each device (I was wondering if it was throttling per device)

I've changed and tried different channels - any other suggestion?   It just feels like the discs are 'restrictive' and should pump out more and the SH2 seems to lack the ability to pump out a strong signal unless I'm in touching distance of it.   

Am I missing any settings on the SH2?  And what's the point of 900 package if this is all I'm getting?   Thanks in advance for any ideas..

[brookheather]

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@RufFywrote:

Am I missing any settings on the SH2?  And what's the point of 900 package if this is all I'm getting?   Thanks in advance for any ideas..

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There is no point having the 900 package if you are only going to be using wireless unless you need the higher upload speed.  You can buy your own Wifi 6 (802.11ax) router if you want higher wifi speeds.  You would need to connect your SH2 discs with an Ethernet backhaul to improve the speeds.

[RufFy]

Thanks for the speedy response! Appreciated. A couple of follow up questions...

1. Is the SH2 simply not good enough - and is 150mbps all I should expect from the discs? 

2. What sort of WiFi speeds would I typically expect to see with the router you described and an associated mesh work typically be? (Are we simply talking 10% more or a significant difference?)

thanks!

[Vadoseflame]

I must add that the BT SH2 doesn’t support WiFi 6 and it only supports WiFi 5. You would need a WiFi 6 router connected to the BT SH2 (as a modem) to receive speeds of excess of 450-500Mbps wirelessly. You’re never going to get 1GB on a wired connection.

[sgpascoe]

Why the hell do they sell it then, that's ridiculous.

Regardless, the SH2 is capable of higher than 100mbps easily

[Vadoseflame]

What do you mean?

SH2 is capable of gigabit speeds wired and depending on the wireless device you could see speeds of around 400-550mb but with WiFi 6 - that speed can be increased slightly.