@kpayton2022,

You are correct in that you wouldn't be able to get those speeds over a wireless connection. A wired connection should be able to pull much larger speeds than a wireless connection. While it may not be a full 1000 down, I would believe that your wired connections can receive more than 700

Are you able to test the speed at your modem to make sure that you are receiving your full speeds from your ISP? Did your unifi report the whole speed previously?

I would recommend finding the QoS settings for your router and either turn them off, or set the QoS manually to a speed that is at or above the speed that is expected from your ISP. I would also recommend changing the DNS server to see if it improves the connection quality and speed.

  @kpayton2022,

You can break out the networks in a few ways if you wanted to, you can turn smart connect off, and have the same SSIDs/password, and your device should automatically roam between the best bands. smart Connect does this function for you, directing devices toward the band with the strongest signal.

Whenever you are approaching the maximum connection speeds, you are also approaching the maximum that the router can handle. Using a more powerful router means that your router will be better equipped to handle situations that require more bandwidth. There is a falloff of gains that can be achieved when approaching a router's maximum throughput. With newer Wifi 6e and 7 routers, the network becomes far more efficient at handling communications and can reduce latency and increase the overall possible bandwidth. There are also additional bandwidths of the 6Ghz range that become available to devices with these newer generations of Wi-Fi.

I believe that the QoS setting will interfere with the priority device settings, that is why I recommended setting it manually if possible. QoS is really meant for slower than 300mbps connections, as there is a higher possibility of the entire bandwidth being used at once. With higher speeds, there is actually potential for it to slow your connection, even though your bandwidth can support the total needed.

  @kpayton2022,

Just for your information, that CPU usage is probably only considering the traffic currently passing through the network. If I recall correctly, speed tests are calculated using a few packets, and may not be intensive for the router to handle. The memory and CPU usage may only show a spike when there is a steady stream of traffic going through the router.

Because you have 5 wireless cameras that will be using the 2.4 Ghz band, I would recommend setting up the guest network on your router and placing your cameras on that network. This would make it so that your normal devices will not have to compete with the bandwidth being used by the cameras. Some of our newer routers allow users to create an additional SSID that is used for IoT devices so that this congestion doesn't occur.