Hi to all, how is it going?
This might be simple to some, but I'm puzzled and I want it to be sorted out. It is not causing me a problem, but I want to be optimum. It is regarding my wifi inside my little house. I have an internet connection speed of 500 Mbps via fiber. All my wired boxes achieve the top speed when testing with speedtest which is to be expected since I'm using 1Gbps network connection. However, with wifi the story is little different. I know wireless will never be as reliable as wired but hear me out, I think I can do better. I bought the Ubiquiti UAP-AC-PRO, which is considered one of the best access points out there. It can do 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz wifi. According to specs, 2.4 should be able to do 600 Mbps, and 5 GHz should be able to do 1300 Mbps. This means both bands should have no problem delivering all my internet speed (at least theoretically). When I do an internet speed test while connected via the 2.4 GHz (I use iphones, laptops, other android phones) and I'm very close to the AP, I will get about 80 Mbps! With 5 GHz I get 340 Mbps. The speed will degrade as I go further from the AP. These numbers are fine for what I do with my wifi devices but I'd like to know what exactly is wrong. Now, if I go and check the network connection speed using my laptop, it will show me something close to the theoretical value depending on distance of course. Check the below image for example:
This is while i'm connected via the 5GHz band. It shows that my network connection speed is 866 Mbps, which is --as you can easily tell--remarkably higher than my internet speed of 500 Mbps. So, why don't I get all my internet throughput via this ~866 Mbps network link??? You may say that this 866 Mbps reported by windows is NOT accurate but I actually tested it. I copied extremely large files from my network attached storage and got about 70 MB/s which is not exactly 866 Mbps but close enough. So, what do you think is wrong? Is this value of the network speed reported by windows any reliable?
What also doesn't make sense at all is the speed I get for 2.4 GHz while really really close to the AP. It should be definitely higher than 80 Mbps because I'm really close to the access point and 2.4 GHz should be able to do 600 Mbps or 450 Mbps theoretically. I don't want to achieve the theoretical numbers but something close to them at least. I'm not even close!
Maybe I need to test again, but this sums up my story. Please give me your comments and remarks. Thanks.
This might be simple to some, but I'm puzzled and I want it to be sorted out. It is not causing me a problem, but I want to be optimum. It is regarding my wifi inside my little house. I have an internet connection speed of 500 Mbps via fiber. All my wired boxes achieve the top speed when testing with speedtest which is to be expected since I'm using 1Gbps network connection. However, with wifi the story is little different. I know wireless will never be as reliable as wired but hear me out, I think I can do better. I bought the Ubiquiti UAP-AC-PRO, which is considered one of the best access points out there. It can do 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz wifi. According to specs, 2.4 should be able to do 600 Mbps, and 5 GHz should be able to do 1300 Mbps. This means both bands should have no problem delivering all my internet speed (at least theoretically). When I do an internet speed test while connected via the 2.4 GHz (I use iphones, laptops, other android phones) and I'm very close to the AP, I will get about 80 Mbps! With 5 GHz I get 340 Mbps. The speed will degrade as I go further from the AP. These numbers are fine for what I do with my wifi devices but I'd like to know what exactly is wrong. Now, if I go and check the network connection speed using my laptop, it will show me something close to the theoretical value depending on distance of course. Check the below image for example:
This is while i'm connected via the 5GHz band. It shows that my network connection speed is 866 Mbps, which is --as you can easily tell--remarkably higher than my internet speed of 500 Mbps. So, why don't I get all my internet throughput via this ~866 Mbps network link??? You may say that this 866 Mbps reported by windows is NOT accurate but I actually tested it. I copied extremely large files from my network attached storage and got about 70 MB/s which is not exactly 866 Mbps but close enough. So, what do you think is wrong? Is this value of the network speed reported by windows any reliable?
What also doesn't make sense at all is the speed I get for 2.4 GHz while really really close to the AP. It should be definitely higher than 80 Mbps because I'm really close to the access point and 2.4 GHz should be able to do 600 Mbps or 450 Mbps theoretically. I don't want to achieve the theoretical numbers but something close to them at least. I'm not even close!
Maybe I need to test again, but this sums up my story. Please give me your comments and remarks. Thanks.