xr1000 2.4 wifi not so fast

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so I am trying to troubleshoot my 2.4 wifi. bandwidth tests give 350+ download but my iPhone and my MacBook on wifi only get about 60-80.i have disabled qos and adblocker but the result is still the same.any thoughts or help is welcome

 

 

[Netduma Fraser]

How old are both devices? AX WiFi would help you here I think so should be enabled

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49 minutes ago, Netduma Fraser said:

How old are both devices? AX WiFi would help you here I think so should be enabled

I don't use 5g,should I still use ax? isn't that only for 5g?as for how old the devices are, its a iphone14 and a MacBook Air 2023

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im using channel 11,i think its the best option.but I have tried 1 and 6. both the same.

[Netduma Fraser]

It still works for 2.4GHz! 5GHz will always be better for speed though

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7 minutes ago, Netduma Fraser said:

It still works for 2.4GHz! 5GHz will always be better for speed though

ill give ax a go. do I Enable OFDMA in 2.4GHz too?

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AX definetly helped. I got 118 from MacBook. thanks.should I just leave well enough alone?

[Netduma Fraser]

You can enable OFDMA yes and that might improve it, otherwise ensure there aren't any wireless devices e.g. headphones etc in close proximity to the router as that could influence it. That 350 is going to be about the max for 2.4 in perfect scenario so if you want better speeds on wifi definitely use 5GHz

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27 minutes ago, Netduma Fraser said:

You can enable OFDMA yes and that might improve it, otherwise ensure there aren't any wireless devices e.g. headphones etc in close proximity to the router as that could influence it. That 350 is going to be about the max for 2.4 in perfect scenario so if you want better speeds on wifi definitely use 5GHz

350. ide be happy with 200. I'm literally 5 feet away from router nothing in between. just don't know why its so slowly, by the way OFDMA didn't help.

[Netduma Fraser]

What do you get using the same devices but with 5GHz?

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5g gave me 268 on iphone14

[Netduma Fraser]

Could you provide a screenshot of your QoS page please? What speeds do you actually pay for/receive?

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remember I disabled qos.wnhen I was running the speed tests and trying to fix the speed. 

[Netduma Fraser]

Are you using Armor by any chance? Do both devices have the private/random MAC addresses option enabled? If so disable that and see if that is any better please