TP-Link BE800 BE19000 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 Router - WiFi 7 MLO How does it work?
Hello everybody!
I have some questions about WiFi 7 and MLO.
Client Device: Samsung S24 Ultra
Upgraded to beta firmware due to OFMA + MU-MIMO bugfix:
https://community.tp-link.com/us/home/forum/topic/662496?replyId=1346590
How should WiFi 7 MLO work? If you enable 5 GHz and 6 GHz, should both bands be used?
Like of like 4G LTE or 5G NR Carrier Aggregation Bands?
Connection to the 6 GHz or MLO SSID makes no difference here.
MLO really seems not to work at all. Is there a way to test this?
I always get:
Please Note:
Samsung S24 Ultra seems to have some issues providing the proper WiFi 7 info as well.
Service Menu: Call > *#0011# > right corner top select three dots then select WiFi
The above screenshot is of this service menu.
Another thing i also keep reading:
Does WiFi 7 use 160 MHz or 320 MHz bandwidth?
Again via the service menu you can check this:
If the Link Speed is 5764 Mbps then the device uses 320 MHz.
If the Link Speed is 2882 Mbps then the device uses 160 MHz.
Or better said: A Link speed of more than 2882 Mbps = 320 MHz. 320 MHz bandwidth can only be done in the 6 GHz band.
It would be awesome to be able to combine 5 GHz + 6 GHz bandwidth together. As i think MLO should do. Or it isn't explained properly.
https://www.tp-link.com/us/blog/1067/what-is-wifi-7-s-multi-link-operation-mlo-/
I have tested this in the spectrum:
So how do we get to use 5 GHz + 6 GHz together? Or am i misunderstanding what MLO should do?
I am trying to push my Router and Phone to the limit when it comes to WiFi 7.
This is the fastest i have done so far:
Bonus bug:
The TP-Link Be800 and/or Samsung S24 Ultra show a WiFi 7 icon when the 5 GHz SSID is in the Available network list.
But once you connect to the 5 GHz SSID you will see a WiFi 6 icon appear in the top right corner of the Samsung S24 Ultra.
Also NETWORK: 802/11ax is used then. Max Link Speed 2401 Mbps.
Thanks! And good luck with this new tech!
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Sammael1069 wrote
MLD AP BSSID : LinkID: 2, Local: , AP: ca:, RSSI: -50, Channel: 100, Band: 5 GHz, BW: 160 LinkID: 1, Local: , AP: , RSSI: -45, Channel: 37, Band: 6 GHz, BW: 160
I'm thinking part of getting the MLO to work correctly is the 23.60.0.10 driver for the BE200 card. I could not get MLO connection to work (on a different brand Wi-Fi 7 router) until I installed 23.60.0.10. I had Windows 11 24H2 but still only showed 6GHz only. Once I installed the new driver I got 5+6.
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@TC_In_Montana where did you find the 23.6 version? All I can find is 23.5 on the Intel site.
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DVair wrote
@TC_In_Montana where did you find the 23.6 version? All I can find is 23.5 on the Intel site.
I did a google search. I found it here on a necacom dot net site
Sorry - it won't let me post the link...
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@TC_In_Montana No problem
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Archer BE800(US)_V1_1.1.5 Build 20240528
Published Date: 2024-06-17 | Language: Multi-language | File Size: 50.22 MB |
New Features/Enhancement: Bug fixes: |
No change in MLO. Just for information when reading back later.
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Intel 23.6 wireless drivers are on their site now. My adapter connected using MLO shows both channels, it's running 24H2 using Insider Release Preview. My production 7 still shows the one channel.
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@5Guru also bonded on 2.4 and 5 GHz bands with 23.60.1.2 driver
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@Sammael1069 yeah, 2.4 and 5.0 or 2.4 and 6.0 always worked. But was mega instable on my Samsung S24 Ultra.
Didn't even bother testing that yet.
5.0 and 6.0 GHz link seems to be only in a practical way instead of just having to connect to two SSIDs.
Meaning, you don't get the full bandwidth or 5.0 - 160 MHz + 6.0 - 320 MHz. Which should exceed 5764 Mbps.
Which in fact should be 2882 Mbps + 5764 Mbps = 8646 Mbps. But sadly this does not seem how MLO is working.
What you really need then is 6.0 GHz with 320 MHz bandwidth.
Really close to the router i can get up to ~3800 Mbps download and ~3800 Mbps upload.
And about 2500-3000 Mbps download/upload when sitting 5-8 meters away. Which of course is really good.
But it would have been great if MLO does what they say it does. Either Samsung or TP-Link is doing it wrong then, but no answer so far.
Edit:
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/230084/intel-killer-wifi-7-be1750-xw/specifications.html
Networking Specifications
TX/RX Streams 2x2, 320 MHz, 4K QAM
Bands 2.4, 5, 6 GHz
Max Speed 5.8 Gbps
Your device should not be able to go faster, probably the same for my Samsung, that's why.
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@5Guru They already pulled 23.60.1.2 from the site NOT DONE YET haved to wait again for proper driver. Killer booted up with no WiFi <hurry up and wait>
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