RE505x "low" speeds as access point.
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Hello, i bought a RE505x to plug in right next to a gigabit switch thats on the upper floor, to use it as an access point, because while the PCs connected to the switch via ethernet are getting fast internet, obviously, the wifi from the router downstairs doesn't reach (For the phones for exemple)
Anyways, so i configured it and everything, then swapped the mode to access point, plug it to the switch, let it do its thing, everything works just fine, but then i go to speedtest it and find myself stuck at ~220mbps down, 330mbps up (yes faster upload, this is also reflected in the wifi setting page of my phone, thats roughly the connection between my phone and the wifi. It is not speedtest, the servers or my internet connection that bottlenecks this), both in the room i want the wifi in, or right next to the repeater.
I'm on Gigabit internet, plugged into a Gigabit switch via a cat 6a cable, switch that is also wired via a cat 6a cable to the router.
Now my phone is not wifi 6, and i can see in the settings that i'm connected (via the 5Ghz band) to 802.11ac
According to Wifi analyzer, its set to 80mhz channel, (and 20mhz for the 2.4Ghz, which are the same settings as my router so i believe it grabbed theses settings as i was setting it up first before switching to access point)
But 802.11ac at 80mhz should be capable of way higher speeds. Am i having too high expectations or is something wrong?
Thank you !
Hello !
The WiFi link speed on my phone in the wifi settings says 325mbps down, 392mbps up, but in reality, using internet speedtests (like ookla or nperf) i only get 230-250mbps down, 350 mbps up.
That same phone connected to my ISP's router via WiFi gets 350mbps down / 400mbps up via the same speedtest. Both done while being 50cm away from the device (RE505x or isp router)
In both case it was 802.11ac
This is with both my router and the RE505x's WiFi in 5Ghz, 802.11ac on the 80mhz channel (i'm using a wifi analyzer app to make sure of it)
This screenshot bellow shows my computer wired directy to the switch, to which the RE505x is also wired.
and this screenshot is from my phone, connected to the RE505x, wired to my switch, set in access point mode, in 5ghz 802.11ac, 50cm away from it.
I have looked up the specs of my phone and couldnt find much but it has Wifi 5ghz 802.11ac (as it says in the settings) and its CPU, the mediatek dimensity 700, according to the internet, is capable of 1200mbps
What exactly do you mean by "40-50% of WiFi link speed is common" ? That said, the Link speed itself is rather low and i'm not getting (thankfully) half of it.
I sadly don't really have another device to test WiFi from but i can hardly find a reason why the phone should be limiting here, and that same phone gets faster speed connected to the (bad) isp router.
Thank you for your help