major masingil Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Team, I was using the Netgear Wifi Analytics App to test my wireless signal around my house. The app logs (2) tests so you can see the differences between the first and second attempts. I have: CC sliders at 100% Device prioritization is all equal with "Share Excess" ticked My test results are confusing the first test which was a few days ago, I had the full 144 Mbps. The test today had my wifi speeds anywhere from 26-72 Mbps. I am receiving the slower speeds in places where I have full 100% antenna reception as well as partial reception as low as 66% any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted August 18, 2015 Administrators Share Posted August 18, 2015 Wifi speeds will always be slower, I would follow this guide though to make sure you're getting max speeds via wire http://wiki.netduma.com/doku.php?id=fine_tune_netduma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukasz Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Yebs the wifi speeds will be a lot lover then your 144 as this router works on 2 ghz only. There fore they will be significantly lover then you 144 i thik my max is about 40-44. Maybe i miss understood but did you sad that you had 144 wifi speed using netduma wifi ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
major masingil Posted August 18, 2015 Author Share Posted August 18, 2015 Yebs the wifi speeds will be a lot lover then your 144 as this router works on 2 ghz only. There fore they will be significantly lover then you 144 i thik my max is about 40-44. Maybe i miss understood but did you sad that you had 144 wifi speed using netduma wifi ? Yes I was getting a max potentail speed of 144Mbps with the NetDuma with the 2.4ghz antenna. NetDuma's wifi is the only 2.4 ghz antenna in my network. To be clear my ISP bandwith is 50/50, but the wifi analyzer app tests the max potential speed of the connection. (I think...you guys are the experts though) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted August 18, 2015 Administrators Share Posted August 18, 2015 Okay so if I'm understanding correctly, the speeds you receive from your ISP are 50 down and 50 up? However, you're saying our wifi has the potential to reach 144 down but redoing the tests that potential was lowered? If thats the case then I wouldn't worry, as long as you are getting your full speeds via wifi and a decent wifi speed then sounds good to me as there is no use worrying about potentials that you can't achieve anyway. Let me know if I misunderstood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukasz Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Yebs i see now. The potential is nothing improtant. Test the actually speeds you are geting lest say by using speedtest.net. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
major masingil Posted August 18, 2015 Author Share Posted August 18, 2015 Okay so if I'm understanding correctly, the speeds you receive from your ISP are 50 down and 50 up? However, you're saying our wifi has the potential to reach 144 down but redoing the tests that potential was lowered? If thats the case then I wouldn't worry, as long as you are getting your full speeds via wifi and a decent wifi speed then sounds good to me as there is no use worrying about potentials that you can't achieve anyway. Let me know if I misunderstood my ISP is 50 down/ 50 up, yes. A week ago I did the wifi analyzer test and received 144 mbps as a connection speed., I did the same test today with the analyzer app and received anywhere from 26 - 72 mbps which was based on where in the house i was performing the test. Regarding my isp speeds...I'm all set with the speedtest.net link. Since the introduction of the duma to my network, I've used that link often. I'm just talking about the Netgear Wifi Analytics App I was using to look at the wifi signal strengths around my house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukasz Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Well that is a thing that could be investigate furthere i just read a article about it and belive me i would expand it only if you want to expand your network to those kinda a speeds. Best is to work on you setup when you have it. If you know what i mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
major masingil Posted August 18, 2015 Author Share Posted August 18, 2015 I get that recommendation lukaz. I'm just wondering why I would get such highly different readings. I was thinking you guys might know. I'm not spinning out on why I think the netduma is slowing my network down. I don't think it is. It really only has an effect on the communications speeds of my internal network. I know doesn't effect my connection to the outside world. I was just interested in the system as a whole. Thanks for your thoughts and time guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted August 19, 2015 Administrators Share Posted August 19, 2015 I get that recommendation lukaz. I'm just wondering why I would get such highly different readings. I was thinking you guys might know. I'm not spinning out on why I think the netduma is slowing my network down. I don't think it is. It really only has an effect on the communications speeds of my internal network. I know doesn't effect my connection to the outside world. I was just interested in the system as a whole. Thanks for your thoughts and time guys I just downloaded the app to try it for myself, great little app actually! What was the signal and speed that 144 gave you and what was the signal for the 26-72 range? I've just done once here in the office, so the router is very close and got 100% signal and 72 Mbps Also what channel are you on, are you on one of the ones it recommends? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
major masingil Posted August 19, 2015 Author Share Posted August 19, 2015 I just downloaded the app to try it for myself, great little app actually! What was the signal and speed that 144 gave you and what was the signal for the 26-72 range? I've just done once here in the office, so the router is very close and got 100% signal and 72 Mbps Also what channel are you on, are you on one of the ones it recommends? Fraser your question hit the nail on the head. I have the Netduma on channel 11. Mine is the only wifi in my area on channel 11. a week ago I was getting 144 mbps with signals ranging from 66% to 100% and yesterday I was getting the 26-72 mbps with the same signal values of 66% - 100% and on Channel 11. To be honest I was shocked and excited to see the 144mbps last week. It wasn't expected. I am only interested in maximizing this value for the speed at which my network devices communicate with each other. I know my ISP speeds are a bottleneck to the outside world, but file sharing between my devices should be able to max out the capabilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Iain Posted August 19, 2015 Administrators Share Posted August 19, 2015 Major out of interest how do you share files? Are you using Windows/Samba? To answer your question Wifi interference can be caused by so many subtle things its nearly not even worth debugging. Even Cisco say that themselves: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/wireless/spectrum-expert-wi-fi/prod_white_paper0900aecd807395a9.html That's why I recommend using homeplug or wired if at all possible or if its a big issue get AC router. I've heard good things from people here although they will also suffer from interference issues as mentioned in that article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
major masingil Posted August 20, 2015 Author Share Posted August 20, 2015 Major out of interest how do you share files? Are you using Windows/Samba? To answer your question Wifi interference can be caused by so many subtle things its nearly not even worth debugging. Even Cisco say that themselves: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/wireless/spectrum-expert-wi-fi/prod_white_paper0900aecd807395a9.html That's why I recommend using homeplug or wired if at all possible or if its a big issue get AC router. I've heard good things from people here although they will also suffer from interference issues as mentioned in that article. Hey Iain, I have a netgear router between the ONT from verizon and my duma acting as a modem and giving me 5 ghz. I turned off the netgears 2.4 ghz antennas. On the netgear router I have and printer and an external hard drive which I use for itunes, pics, and back up. Netgear's sharing software is called Readyshare. So it's not quite your standard home network because I have to disconnect from the duma and connect to the netgear directly when I want to update podcasts etc etc. I know this method will not rely on the duma's 2.4 to transfer files to my stuff anyway, but I am working towards setting it up in a standard config so I don't have to go around the duma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Iain Posted August 20, 2015 Administrators Share Posted August 20, 2015 ahh thats pretty cool, you have dilemma though, you can have either but not both: 1) congestion control from the duma act on everything 2) access shared file system on netgear from everything (unless you can access it from the wan) You've chosen two which makes sense. Maybe in longer term future we'll add support for secondary storage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOrtiz Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 major... how did you get your r1 to be the modem? I have verizon fios combo set Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
major masingil Posted August 21, 2015 Author Share Posted August 21, 2015 I had to use my old netgear router as a modem between vzw's ONT and the Duma. my setup is: ONT> [set as cat6 connection not coax]>netgear router>duma. If you're using vzws router/modem combo all you have to do is plug your duma into port of your vzw router, then plug everything into the Duma. Make sure you disable the vzw router 2.4 ghz wifi Unfortunately, from what I understand netduma router cannot be connected directly to the ONT even if you ask vzw to switch your ONT from coax to ethernet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
major masingil Posted August 21, 2015 Author Share Posted August 21, 2015 I took vzws router / modem right out of the system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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