Skinny connection-wifi slow speed

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#291972 16-Dec-2021 19:55

Hi, I have reently moved to Skinny and I am using the Skinny provided wifi router. With ethernet cable, I can get about 700Mbps (with Fibre Max plan) download but when I am using wifi, the speed dropped to about 500Mbps.

I have put the laptop about 30cm away from the Skinny router and the speed is about the same. I have also tried with Asus XT8 router but the wifi speed is about the same. When I was with Vodafone (I was on the normal speed plan) and with both cable and wifi, I can get to 300Mbps easily.

I was using the Asus router with Vodafone and never have problem with speed. Any idea why the wkfi speed on Skinny is that slow?

Thank you

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#2833668 16-Dec-2021 20:10

Nothing wrong here move along! That is not slow over WiFi

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#2833724 17-Dec-2021 07:19

eatout:

Thank you everyone for the reply. The router I have got has wifi 6 and I have wifi 6 on the phone as well and I am getting about 250Mbps on the phone.

Most phones are only 2x2:2 so assuming you're running 40MHz channels (running 80MHz in a home unless you have an AP in every room is a terrible idea as you'll have very poor 5GHz coverage across a whole house) means a PHY rate of somewhere just over 500Mbps depending on exact settings so real world of just over 250Mbps. If you had a 3x3:3 laptop connected to that very same AP with the same settings you would see faster speeds.

Rather than being convinced you have an issue I can only encourage you to learn about WiFi, and how PHY rates are calculated, and how the number of chains on CPE means different speeds on different devices connected to the same AP. We can all type replies for days but until you understand these basic concepts you're clearly not going to understand why you don't actually have an issue.