xpoker Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 I just got my R2 a couple days ago and just noticed the WiFi speed is about half my normal speed, I'm getting 13Mbit UP 20Mbit DOWN only when connected over WiFi, this is the whole bandwidth available for all devices when connected over wifi. The speed is the same when connected to 2.4 and 5 ghz wifi and it's the same even if i test from 1 meter from the router. All testing made from 3 different devices and using both speedtest.net and downloading from steam. Hybrid VPN is NOT enabled. A list of things I tried to fix this: - Disabling QOS - Disabling Congestion Control & Goodput - Separating 2.4 and 5 Ghz WiFi channels - Manually changing WiFi channels and width - Rebooting QOS Screenshot page: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted March 24 Administrators Share Posted March 24 What is the model of the modem/router the R2 is connected to and how have you set that to ensure all traffic flows to the R2? E.g. R2 in its DMZ, modem/bridge mode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpoker Posted March 24 Author Share Posted March 24 The R2 is connected to a FRITZ!Box 7590 AX, this modem doesn't have a bridge mode, so the R2 is in DMZ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted March 24 Administrators Share Posted March 24 Are you getting your expected speeds over ethernet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpoker Posted March 24 Author Share Posted March 24 Yes, the issue is only when connected over WiFi, over ethernet I'm getting full speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted March 24 Administrators Share Posted March 24 What are the devices you're using to test? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpoker Posted March 24 Author Share Posted March 24 I tested from my PC, Mac and iPhone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted March 24 Administrators Share Posted March 24 It's quite bizarre, it's not a high speed so shouldn't be any problems. Check the network monitor, is there anything using significant traffic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpoker Posted March 24 Author Share Posted March 24 Nope, every device connected is using very low traffic. Its quite strange because it looks like it's capped at 20Mbits, it doesn't vary much, maybe 18/21Mbits, not more, and if I, for example, download something with a device, connected over Wifi, using all the 20Mbits, all the other devices struggle going online because thats the whole bandwidth available for all the devices connected to the Wifi network. Maybe you can connect to my R2 and check if something is wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted March 24 Administrators Share Posted March 24 We don't generally connect for everyday troubleshooting like this, if eventually we can't solve it then we may be able to get a dev to have a look. What category of ethernet cables do you have connected to the router? Have you got any other cables you can try with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpoker Posted March 24 Author Share Posted March 24 I don't have any issues via ethernet, I have a CAT 8 connected to the internet port of the R2 and two cat 5e connected to port 3 and 4. I don't see why I should change the ethernet cables if the issue is only WiFi related. 🤨 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted March 24 Administrators Share Posted March 24 Just want to make sure they're suitable for high transfer rates that wouldn't impact the wifi when ethernet gets priority. You said you changed the widths, did you do the highest width on 5GHz and you noticed no difference? Did you use a WiFi analyzer to find the best channel or just choose random ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpoker Posted March 24 Author Share Posted March 24 Yes, I used a WiFi Analyzer to choose the channels and unfortunately no difference. Previously when I just used my modem/router I never had wifi issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted March 24 Administrators Share Posted March 24 As a test put one of your WiFi devices in the DMZ on the router then do a speed test, what do you get? Remove it from the DMZ immediately when done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpoker Posted Tuesday at 03:04 AM Author Share Posted Tuesday at 03:04 AM I just tried what you suggested, but I got the same results. 😩 EDIT: I checked again the WiFi channels using a different software (WiFi Explorer Pro for Mac) and I've managed to fix the WiFi by changing the width and channel, I don't know why it didn't change at all the first time I tested, probably the software I used before sucked 🤔... Thank you for the support! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted Tuesday at 03:11 PM Administrators Share Posted Tuesday at 03:11 PM Ah that's great to hear, thanks for the update! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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