Low Speeds on my Archer T3U Plus AC1300
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I am getting really low bandwidth speeds on my "TP-Link Archer T3U Plus AC1300", connected to my gaming PC. My speed as tested is usually between 60-80Mbps, and very rarely hits 90Mbps, where as pretty much all other laptops in my house (2 macbooks and 1 windows laptop) can consistently and easily hit 200Mbps+ (the internet is 250Mbps).
Eliminated possibilities:
- Not an ISP problem : My connection is a 250Mbps, and I have tested with my Macbook Pro (MBP 16") in pretty much the same spot as my Gaming PC. They both pretty much get speeds of 200mbps consistently.
- Connected to the 5Ghz network : I have forced a separate 5G SSID and ensured it's connected to the 5Ghz version (AC mode only)
- Connected to USB 3.0 - it's plugged in to the USB 3.0 in the back of the system.
Basic configuration of the PC it's connected to:
- Windows 10, updated to latest version
- 7600K, 160GB RAM, GIGABYTE Z170-HD3 Motherboard
A screenshot of wifi-connection below:
Any suggestions on how i can improve the speeds? Or is this the best this adapter can do? It claims "867 Mbit / s on 5GHz" in the product page. Thanks in Advance!
Thanks @Solla-topee !
Here's the few things i did.
- Changed Channel wdith to 80Hz, rebooted the WiFi Router
- Installed the drivers you provided, rebooted the System
- Tested with 4 different USB 2.0 and 3.0 ports. Interestingly USB 2.0 ports seems to provide slightly better speeds - but not that different and could be purely concidental as i just tested 6 times.
- Can't try with a new Router - i don't have a spare 5Ghz. But The router is also a TP-Link (Archer C6), and gives me good speeds on the macbook at same spot (as seen below). I have an old 2.4Ghz router (also a TP-Link), but i doubt that's a good option.
Changes:
- Speeds have definitely improved - i was getting an average of 60-80 MBps before, now its consistently over 100 Mbps. But it still is significantly below what Macbook gives - well over 200Mbps.
- The link speeds seems to be different between Windows and Mac. Windows shows a 585/585 with the adaptor, whereas Macbook shows a link speed of 867/867. Is there anyway i can force a 867/867 link speed on WIndows?
Screenshots of both tests attached (tests done in same room - pretty much the same spot)
from PC/with T3U Plus
config of PC: 7600K, 16GB RAM, GIGABYTE Z170-HD3 Motherboard, RX570 8GB & Crucial P5 SSD as systemdisk
from Macbook Pro with internal WiFi:
config of Mac: MBP 16" - 2020 model, i7
thanks for your help!