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WIFI speeds

by james612 in Archive Staging
‎30-06-2020 15h14
‎30-06-2020 15h14
Hi all. We recently moved to a new property that has Fibre so we upgraded our BT account to get 300meg with a guarantee of 150meg minimum. Are those numbers achievable on WIFI and at a stable speed...
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  • No ISP guarantees wifi speed, there are too many variables to affect the signal. Why not move the r...
  • You could use powerline adaptors to connect the ONT to hub. Something like these but you don't need...

Orbi RBR50v2 slow wifi speeds from BT Smarthub 2

by jonesnow in Archive Staging
‎15-12-2021 19h28
‎15-12-2021 19h28
Hi Folks, Hoping to tap the hive mind here, we've recently had BT FTTP installed with a lovely 500MB pipe but I am struggling to get my Orbi RBR50v2 to deliver speeds above 90MB. The wireless on m...
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  • To clarify you have ONT->SH2->Orbi? Unless you really wish to use the SH2 wifi I would s...
  • ...his deals faultlessly with my max line speed - 150mbps. Wifi is switched off on the SH2. Make sure s...
  • Switch smart set up off on the SH2. The Orbi should live happily connected directly to the ONT. Y...

Smarthub 2 Wifi Speed

by TQSteve in Home setup, Wi-Fi & network discussions
‎05-09-2023 8h25
‎05-09-2023 8h25
...Is this realistically the maximum connection speed I can expect from the SH2 wifi? Steve
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  • Just as a further to this, speed checked both wifi and eth, results below.
  • Your link speed at 433 Mbps is the lowest possible on the 5GHz band for 802.11ac.  Right now m...

WiFi speeds

by BobSapey in Home setup, Wi-Fi & network discussions
‎26-01-2023 16h34
‎26-01-2023 16h34
I have BT Broadband with a copper cable and I get speeds on my PC of 71.9 through a LAN connection and 50.7 by WiFi. If I install an optical line I would have to use WiFi. Would my speed reduce to 5...
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  • Put simply wifi speeds are independant of broadband speeds. Your overall download speed at your d...
  • ...vailable in your area. In either case there is the potential for higher speed WiFi than you are getting, b...

WiFi Speeds

by Thowe2392 in Home setup, Wi-Fi & network discussions
‎20-11-2024 0h55
‎20-11-2024 0h55
I upgraded from Fiber 2 to full fiber 500 and my bt app says I'm getting the speeds and there arentt any issues but my WiFi speeds aren't going above 20-30mbps on fast.com or any other testing s...

WiFi speeds on 900mbps Upgrade

by Wildcard in Home setup, Wi-Fi & network discussions
‎23-01-2024 10h57
‎23-01-2024 10h57
Hello, we recently upgraded to the 900mbps WiFi, now the speed test for the hub shows it’s got 800mbps however all of our devices won’t go above 60mbps, including the wired connection to my Gaming P...

WiFi speed massive drop

by kjwng8 in Home setup, Wi-Fi & network discussions
‎03-11-2023 12h10
‎03-11-2023 12h10
Hi all, I have had full fibre for a while now. Usually I'm getting around 900-950 down to the hub via the cable and then via any wireless device I normally get 750-850 roughly. Lately that speed o...

Smart Hub 2 WiFi Speed

by RDowson in Archive Staging
‎02-03-2021 18h25
‎02-03-2021 18h25
I've just upgraded from 300Mbps to gigabit. Speeds via ethernet are bang on but the Smart Hub 2 WiFi speeds are terrible. I'm on 5Ghz on a channel where there is no congestion and I'm close to the r...
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  • Testing on an M1 MacBook Pro, iPhone 12 Pro and a 8th gen iPad. All but the iPad will do WiFi 6....
  • ...ssue due to using the WiFi 5 standard. No contention issues on the WAN for me. Speed test on E...
  • I don't know where the throttle is, but it isn't a wifi5 bandwidth problem as your wifi sync speed...

EE Smart hub plus low wifi speed

by coleyjf in BT Fibre broadband
‎01-04-2025 9h29
‎01-04-2025 9h29
Hi,  I've just been "upgraded " to EE full fibre broadband with an EE Smart Hub Plus. The broadband speed is excellent (900+) but the wifi speed to devices is rubbish at less than 40 ( 35 or 3...

Slow WiFi speed

by farooqdean in Archive Staging
‎23-08-2021 16h22
‎23-08-2021 16h22
...bsp; When I do a speed test tk the modem, it is getting a very good speed from the line, 130mb and 30mb upload. However when I stand next to the modem with a device connected to WiFi it’s less than 50mb....
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