Archer BE550 Poor Link speeds?
I have just bought this router to replace my Virgin Media Hub 5 and to also compliment my S23 Ultra which has Wifi 6E support and yet the signal is worse on Wifi 6 5ghz and 6ghz compared to the Virgin hub and even the link speeds are absysmal especially the RX rate.
on the Virgin Hub 5 I get a consistent 1200 TX and 1200 RX and yet with this BE 550 I get a decent TX Rate of anything between 1900 to 2401mbits but the RX rate is only around 500-900mbits at best when I am literally 3 feet away from the router whether on WiFi 6 or 6E 5ghz and 6ghz absoloutely dreadful for a so called blazingly fast WiFi 7 router.
Also it seems to be all over the place and jumping around even in the same small room, I don't have such issues with the Virgin hub.
For reference I have TWT Disabled
OFDMA/MU-MIMO Disabled
Smart Connect Enabled
2.4/5ghz Enabled
Transmit Power High
On 6ghz Settings as follows...
Transmit Power High
PSC Enabled with Auto Channel
MLO Disabled
Also am I missing something ragarding 2.4ghz? I have no uuse for this frequency whatsoever and yet I cannot disable it as it disables 5ghz as well, Why is 2.4ghz tied to 5ghz?
Is there anything obvious wrong with these settings for this router or do I need to send it back as it is not performing anywhere near what I expected compared to a freebie that my ISP sent me