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#198159 28-Jun-2016 18:46
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Hi all, I'm wondering what speeds people get on wi-fi at home?

 

With UFB up to 200Mbps available, what do we actually get as most devices run on wi-fi these days.

 

Reason I'm asking is that I'm currently on VDSL with router in a small study attached to my bedroom and with this new Fritzbox 7490 2D have supplied wireless coverage and speed across the house has hugely increased. In my bedroom about 5 meters from the router I get full speed of about 65Mbps and in the house around 40 on an average.

 

I'm getting UFB and planning to put the ONT and router in the garage in area just above the laundry as there I power there and it won't be visible. I'm wondering if I'll get close to 100Mbps anywhere in the house?

 

I have been using a Mi router which works great as a repeater so far and gives me close to 58Mbps in other parts of the house but only if I'm near the repeater. One more question, in future if I wanted to move my router from the laundry area, would it be just a matter of running a Cat6 cable from there to elsewhere in the house. House is single level on concrete base and it is not hard to run wires through the attic.

 

Any advise would be welcome. Internally house is 18.5m long and 10.7m wide. Garage in front on right side when seeing from road. Separate living area on the left side. After that kitchen behind the living room with dining and another living area leading to a small passage to rooms. 3 rooms on either side of the passage with bathroom and toilet. At the end is master bedroom with ensuite with the study on the right side where VDSL is. Thanks


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  #1582268 28-Jun-2016 19:25
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You don't actually need speedtests - everyone is going to be different.

 

Your wireless setup will be influenced by distance, number of walls and floors, number of neighbouring wifi access points.





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  #1582269 28-Jun-2016 19:27
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Quite a large house here, Covered by multiple E400s.

 

 

 

Consistently get over 2~300Mbit within the local network on 5ghz ac.

 

 

 

Your experience totally depends on your setup.





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  #1582314 28-Jun-2016 20:06
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100/20 UFB. Phone is 70/21 on wireless n. Locn in same room with -40db signal.




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  #1582326 28-Jun-2016 20:17
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Friends house has 200/200 big pipe and many unifi pro;s (the N ones) and its always 180/130ish for me when testing, but their kids iphones are about 80/60 or so. Keep meaning to take one of my AC ones there and seeing what they get.





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  #1582348 28-Jun-2016 20:47
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Thanks for the replies. So even if the OTP and router go in garage over laundry for now. I the router needs to be moved in future, do I just need to run one cable from OTP to the ther place. How does router connect to OTP? What type of cable?
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  #1582349 28-Jun-2016 20:49
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quebec: Thanks for the replies. So even if the OTP and router go in garage over laundry for now. I the router needs to be moved in future, do I just need to run one cable from OTP to the ther place. How does router connect to OTP? What type of cable?
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Cat5/5e/6 - also remember that some telcos provide phone thru their routers, not the ONT so you need to cable that back to your phones if phone service is something important to you, again you can just use a second cat5/5e/6 for that or else just re-purpose another old phone socket somewhere near where you move the router to.





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  #1582372 28-Jun-2016 21:48
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This was my install - will be similar to what you are wanting:

 

 

 

http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=135&topicid=151502&page_no=1

 

 

 

 


 
 
 

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  #1582390 28-Jun-2016 23:45
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I am on UFB 200/200 and my Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7" tablet (my only 802.11ac device) can easily get 200/200 Mbit/s when close enough (and when other things are not using the bandwidth).  At the far end of the house with closed doors, walls and a hot water cylinder in the way, it only gets about 30/27.  My WiFi access point is a Linksys WRT1900ac with OpenWRT on it, and my internet router is a Ubiqiti EdgeRouter Lite.  My 802.11n devices struggle to make a 5 GHz connection where the 802.11ac connection is still fine.  And even a 2.4 GHz 802.11n connecton at the bad end of the house is a bit slow.  So 802.11ac really is much better.


  #1582408 29-Jun-2016 07:17
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one of the biggest deciding factors on the speed you get is the device you are using and the wifi standard over which you are connecting

 

 

 

once I get back from work ill post a fewpictures and words on the speed vs distance and wifi coverage I have in my house


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  #1582414 29-Jun-2016 08:14
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I'm not at home so can't do a test right now but this was my last speedtest from my S7 over Wifi.

 

I'm on 200/20 UFB

 





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  #1582415 29-Jun-2016 08:19
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Tested over Wireless, downstairs (router is upstairs) on a 200/200 UFB connection

 

Testing using a Netcomm NF15ACV - Note the only other users would be casual web browsing/etc when this was done.

 





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  #1582508 29-Jun-2016 11:11
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I'm on an HFC cable connection, 100/10 Mbps, and routinely get full line speed via wireless ac (but not on wireless n) ...



... using a Dell XPS 13 laptop (wireless ac), Ubiquiti Pro ac wireless access point.

If you want to test your wireless speeds independently of your Internet speed, use Totusoft LAN Speed Test Lite (freeware)






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  #1582970 29-Jun-2016 21:06
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.ac router and iPad Air2 approx 5m and one wall from router. 200/20 plan

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  #1582993 29-Jun-2016 21:40
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UFB 200/20 via Netgear nighthawk x6 on a Samsung Note 4


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  #1583023 29-Jun-2016 22:18
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So you are asking how well your internal wifi does? This will not necessarily have anything to do with the speed your service provider provides.

 

On cable I get 65/26 on VDSL.

 

On wireless I get 44/26. But that depends where I test it from. I get about 30~40mbit throughout most of the property on 2.4Ghz.


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