Smart Connect and WPA2/WPA3 cut my internet speed in half
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Hi,
After doing some research today I realized that enabling Smart Connect on my AX1500 V1 really slows down my internet. All the devices I tried support dual band and WiFi 6, so that's not the issue.
My internet is speed is supposed to be 600/60mb. I get that full speed connected through ethernet and even through WiFi when I disable Smart Connect, set up the 5GHz to 80MHz, channel 48 and disable any WiFi password.
With Smart Connect and WPA2/WPA3 I get only ~250/60mb. This is true even if I'm 1 ft away from the router.
I was wondering, is this a firmware bug, or is this part of the Smart Connect and WPA2/WPA3 "feature"?
It might also be that if I could have changed the 5Ghz settings while using Smart Connect and change width and channels, the problem would partly sort itself out.
The other side of this problem is that I have a printer that doesn't support 5GHz network, so if I don't use the Smart Connect feature, I'm afraid I won't be able to connect to the printer.
What should I do in order to get the full speed? (I imagine that security-wise I should switch to MAC filtering, right?
