Deco M5 seems to top out at 550 mb down, Virgin hub is 800 - 900 mbps

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Deco M5 seems to top out at 550 mb down, Virgin hub is 800 - 900 mbps
Deco M5 seems to top out at 550 mb down, Virgin hub is 800 - 900 mbps
2022-01-26 16:46:09
Model: Deco M5  
Hardware Version: V3
Firmware Version: 1.5.7 Build 20210819

Hello all, 

 

I was recently moved up to the 1GB on Virgin due to o2 Volt, my V5 hub currently will speedtest between 800 - 900 MB, that is via WiFi on my phone. If i run a speedtest either on my phone or using the speedtest via the deco app (so i get the speed into the main deco unit) they pretty much match at around 550 MB down.

 

Deco is connected with a CAT 6 cable in the 2.5 GB port on the hub 5. It's setup as wireless AP as i have a few issues if i run it in router mode (with hub in modem mode, ring doorbell will drop connection sometimes). Just wondering if anyone has seen anything similar or anything i can try, I know the max speed on 5GHZ is 867MBps but i'm not getting that. 

 

As it's running in AP QOS isn't running/available, so it isn't that. I know i won't get the true 1gbps but i would have hoped it would have been closer to 800MB.

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Re:Deco M5 seems to top out at 550 mb down, Virgin hub is 800 - 900 mbps
2022-01-26 21:38:37

@SirFarnsworthII 

 

You won't get wireless speeds much faster than 550Mbps from Deco M5. In fact, yours is doing better than mine: top wireless speed I ever got from Deco M5 is 475Mbps. I am impressed with your results.

 

If you want/need faster speeds, you may wish to consider different Deco hardware from TP-Link, such as M9 Plus, top speed: 635Mbps in my tests. Alternatively, perhaps different WiFi mesh brand can do better.

 

If you want wireless speeds closer to gigabit, you should get WiFi mesh hardware that supports WiFi6.

 

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