Question about WMM and laptop factory reset
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Question about WMM and laptop factory reset
Region : Netherlands
Model : TL-WR1043ND
Hardware Version : V2
Firmware Version :
ISP :
Hi, I have a question about the WMM function.
I understand that it is adviced to keep this function turned on, but because it makes our Ipad really slow ( common issue amongst older apple products I think ), we disabled the function. Everything seemed to work fine though, I was able to download files at 13+MB/s with my 120mbps connection.
However, after factory resetting my laptop, I noticed my speeds wouldn't go above 54 mbps. I did some googling and found out that disabling WMM apparently limits your speed to 54mbps, which is very weird to me since with WMM disabled I was always able to go above this.
I just enabled it to check, and my download speeds almost tripled instantly. Then when disabling it, my downloads became slow again. The thing is, I have to keep WMM disabled because otherwise our Ipad becomes barely usable, taking 20+ seconds to load pages which otherwise take 1 second.
Is there anything I can do to get the most out of my router, or any reason why it used to work perfectly and not anymore? I assume factory resetting my laptop had something to do with my speeds becoming slower ( even though I have the same drivers ), because I changed nothing about the router itself.
Model : TL-WR1043ND
Hardware Version : V2
Firmware Version :
ISP :
Hi, I have a question about the WMM function.
I understand that it is adviced to keep this function turned on, but because it makes our Ipad really slow ( common issue amongst older apple products I think ), we disabled the function. Everything seemed to work fine though, I was able to download files at 13+MB/s with my 120mbps connection.
However, after factory resetting my laptop, I noticed my speeds wouldn't go above 54 mbps. I did some googling and found out that disabling WMM apparently limits your speed to 54mbps, which is very weird to me since with WMM disabled I was always able to go above this.
I just enabled it to check, and my download speeds almost tripled instantly. Then when disabling it, my downloads became slow again. The thing is, I have to keep WMM disabled because otherwise our Ipad becomes barely usable, taking 20+ seconds to load pages which otherwise take 1 second.
Is there anything I can do to get the most out of my router, or any reason why it used to work perfectly and not anymore? I assume factory resetting my laptop had something to do with my speeds becoming slower ( even though I have the same drivers ), because I changed nothing about the router itself.
