Heroxoot Posted yesterday at 02:08 AM Share Posted yesterday at 02:08 AM I just upgraded my Internet to 1gbps with my provider. Wired I've seen it get pretty close to 1gbps, maybe 850mbps, good enough. But the wifi is just awful. I got a friend using his PS5 like, 15 feet away and it's getting like, 70/5mbps. My phone will get like 80 down. But my Switch 2 gets like 250/100. All on 5GHZ. Are there any settings I need to optimize? I already have QOS set up with caps on the data to what my ISP says is typical 960/970mbps. And I set gaming to 50% in QOS which is more than enough. I've run a buffer bloat test and resulted in a B or A so QOS is working. Downloads are seemingly good enough but it's having connection issues in games on wifi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted yesterday at 06:43 AM Administrators Share Posted yesterday at 06:43 AM Try these suggestions: Disable Smart Connect, give 2.4/5GHz different names and apply - you'll want to connect to 5GHz specifically for speeds Use a WiFi analyzer to find the least congested channel and change to that Ensure it's in an elevated position - not on a metal surface Ensure there aren't any electrical / wireless devices e.g headphones etc within close proximity ~3 feet if possible Set the antennae to this position _ | | _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heroxoot Posted yesterday at 01:03 PM Author Share Posted yesterday at 01:03 PM 6 hours ago, Netduma Fraser said: Try these suggestions: Disable Smart Connect, give 2.4/5GHz different names and apply - you'll want to connect to 5GHz specifically for speeds Use a WiFi analyzer to find the least congested channel and change to that Ensure it's in an elevated position - not on a metal surface Ensure there aren't any electrical / wireless devices e.g headphones etc within close proximity ~3 feet if possible Set the antennae to this position _ | | _ I'm pretty much doing all this already and getting like 120mbps at best on wifi. Everything uses 5ghz besides smart devices like bulbs and my thermostat. My house is fairly small. at 1400SQFT so I get almost full bars on the other side of the house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heroxoot Posted yesterday at 01:14 PM Author Share Posted yesterday at 01:14 PM So this is basically what it looks like on the other side of the house. I'm still getting a strong signal. 2.4ghz is again, exclusive to smart devices as I mostly bought the router to handle a ton of wifi devices. my 5ghz is the fat red curve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted yesterday at 05:12 PM Administrators Share Posted yesterday at 05:12 PM Have you got any other WiFi 6 devices you can use to test with? Set the mode for 5GHz to 2400Mbps I think it is, then see if you get better results then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heroxoot Posted 7 hours ago Author Share Posted 7 hours ago 18 hours ago, Netduma Fraser said: Have you got any other WiFi 6 devices you can use to test with? Set the mode for 5GHz to 2400Mbps I think it is, then see if you get better results then I set it to 1200mbps and it's still bad. The only wifi6 devices I have are my phones and they all struggle. I figured wifi would be better than this by wifi6. Thenonly device I'm getting half decent speed on is a Nintendo Switch 2. The best I've seen on it was 250mbps download. But since then it's been maybe 100 on 5ghz. Really starting to think this router is either hardware defective or needs new firmware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heroxoot Posted 7 hours ago Author Share Posted 7 hours ago Also why is my download so slow but upload so much better? There's gotta be something wrong with this router. Upload is never faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heroxoot Posted 6 hours ago Author Share Posted 6 hours ago Okay so here is my desktop wifi 6E vs ethernet 2.5gbps lan. Why upload is 3x as fast on everything? And then my Switch 2 which is also wifi6. The inconsistency makes no sense to me. I expect wifi to be slower but this much is a bit weird. And the upload being so much higher is proof the router can do it. QOS IS DISABLED FULLY FOR THESE TESTS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krush Posted 6 hours ago Share Posted 6 hours ago Smartboost optimizes the speeds needed for a smooth connection on your switched-on devices. You cannot get the maximum speed without disabling it; this is the principle of QoS! Your phone just doesn't need to hog any more bandwidth at the time of testing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heroxoot Posted 6 hours ago Author Share Posted 6 hours ago 15 minutes ago, Krush said: Smartboost optimizes the speeds needed for a smooth connection on your switched-on devices. You cannot get the maximum speed without disabling it; this is the principle of QoS! Your phone just doesn't need to hog any more bandwidth at the time of testing! QOS is fully disabled on my router. During these tests above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heroxoot Posted 5 hours ago Author Share Posted 5 hours ago 21 minutes ago, Krush said: Smartboost optimizes the speeds needed for a smooth connection on your switched-on devices. You cannot get the maximum speed without disabling it; this is the principle of QoS! Your phone just doesn't need to hog any more bandwidth at the time of testing! Also that still doesn't explain why upload is 3x faster than download. That makes no sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krush Posted 5 hours ago Share Posted 5 hours ago WLAN is subject to many constraints compared to LAN! Why compare them?! The differences in speed are related to the network card of your device...And especially on the server on which you performed the test ---WIFI6 is limited to the 5GHz band / WIFI6E can access the 6GHz band---- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heroxoot Posted 5 hours ago Author Share Posted 5 hours ago 18 minutes ago, Krush said: WLAN is subject to many constraints compared to LAN! Why compare them?! The differences in speed are related to the network card of your device...And especially on the server on which you performed the test ---WIFI6 is limited to the 5GHz band / WIFI6E can access the 6GHz band---- This doesn't explain why upload is faster than download. This is not normal. I don't think you understand my concerns. It doesn't matter if it's wireless or wired, WHY IS DOWNLOAD SO MUCH SLOWER THAN UPLOAD? Do the capital letters help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heroxoot Posted 5 hours ago Author Share Posted 5 hours ago Forget it, I'll buy another brand of router. DumaOS is nothing but problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krush Posted 5 hours ago Share Posted 5 hours ago I have no problem personally, as you wish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heroxoot Posted 4 hours ago Author Share Posted 4 hours ago 25 minutes ago, Krush said: I have no problem personally, as you wish! No kidding, I'm the one with the problem. And for some reason you're posting random non sense that isn't helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heroxoot Posted 4 hours ago Author Share Posted 4 hours ago So I just transferred 5gb of data at a peak 888MBPS over local network. PC A wired, PC B on 5ghz wifi. This proves the router can move data over wifi just fine. So why is it throttling actual internet speeds on download via wifi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted 1 hour ago Administrators Share Posted 1 hour ago 5 hours ago, Heroxoot said: I set it to 1200mbps and it's still bad. The only wifi6 devices I have are my phones and they all struggle. I figured wifi would be better than this by wifi6. Thenonly device I'm getting half decent speed on is a Nintendo Switch 2. The best I've seen on it was 250mbps download. But since then it's been maybe 100 on 5ghz. Really starting to think this router is either hardware defective or needs new firmware. 1200Mbps would make it worse, 2400Mbps is for a specific reason, I wouldn't want you to go any lower that. In Settings > Advanced > Advanced WiFi settings there are options like MU-MIMO etc that I would suggest disabling 1 by 1 and then testing the speeds with. Some devices don't like options such as beamforming for example. I couldn't say why the upload appears to be better than the download currently. What is the model of the modem/router the XR is connected to and how have you set that to ensure all traffic flows to the XR? E.g XR in its DMZ, modem/bridge mode Are ALL devices connected to the XR? His first language isn't English, he's just trying to help you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heroxoot Posted 43 minutes ago Author Share Posted 43 minutes ago 49 minutes ago, Netduma Fraser said: 1200Mbps would make it worse, 2400Mbps is for a specific reason, I wouldn't want you to go any lower that. In Settings > Advanced > Advanced WiFi settings there are options like MU-MIMO etc that I would suggest disabling 1 by 1 and then testing the speeds with. Some devices don't like options such as beamforming for example. I couldn't say why the upload appears to be better than the download currently. What is the model of the modem/router the XR is connected to and how have you set that to ensure all traffic flows to the XR? E.g XR in its DMZ, modem/bridge mode Are ALL devices connected to the XR? His first language isn't English, he's just trying to help you I set it to 2400 and still no help. I formatted the router so only 1 WiFi device would be connected and its still the same problem. There is no modem, I have fiber internet so there's some sort of box on the house, and I've had that rebooted and my Internet package deactivated and re-enabled. Now here's something. I tried my old XR450 and I'm having the same problems. It's working better but still jank. The transfer speed however between devices on the network is immaculate. it doesn't make any sense that it is struggling to do download over wifi when it can transfer over wifi at nearly 900mbps. And I'm aware he's trying to help but he clearly can't understand what Im getting at. im extremely frustrated and I apologize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heroxoot Posted 31 minutes ago Author Share Posted 31 minutes ago After reflashing firmwares it's gotten so much worse it's insane. Now nothing works on wifi. It's got a be defective hardware man, there's no way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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