Wifi is slower then wired by a lot!
I understand that wifi is always going to be less then wired, but I think this is an issue. I if I am wired, I get 450mps down, wireless is about 50mbps down. I have an RP952Ui and it basically has the default settings out of the box. the only thing I did was changed the wifi names, both to Home, and added a password. Keep in mind, I know nothing about this kind of stuff, just hoping someone can point me in the right direction. Thank you.
Re: Wifi is slower then wired by a lot!
Check channel width, type (is it set to g?)
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Re: Wifi is slower then wired by a lot! [SOLVED]
RB952Ui is hAP ac lite, therefore ethernet interface is limited to 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet). It will never get better speed than 100Mbits per second, even if you connect directly with wire through it.
Your 50Mbps speed on wifi is low, probably due to some simple misconfiguration (for example default config has 20Mhz channel width, which simply disqualify you from anything faster than 54Mbps)
Firstly, make sure you have recent version of RouterOS (System->packages->check for updates)
Short summary for 2GHz (wlan1):
- If you see Band 2GHz-B/G, you want to change it to "2GHz-B/G/N"
- If you see channel width 20MHz, most probably you want to change it to something higher, for example "20/40MHz Ce"
- Check if you have both chains enabled for both Rx and Tx (you will see it under HT tab. It should be enabled by default but it is better to check. It may be not enabled if you started with older version of RouterOS)
Short summary for 5GHz (wlan2):
- if you see Band 5GHz-A, you want to change it to "5GHz-A/N/AC"
- If you see channel width 20MHz, most probably you want to change it to something higher, for example "20/40/80MHz Ceee"
Sometime it is useful to set wireless namess differently (for example "Home" and "Home 5G") if your client devices (computers,phones etc) are unable to prioritize faster (5G) network by themselves. This is typical for some cheap Realtek wireless chips, which will simply never connect to 5G because the signal is lower than 2G despite 5G being faster. 5G network will usually give you better speed but does not reach far - even one wall can totally kill the signal. If the name is same, you are unable to select the network manually.
warning - you may find that higher channel width is actually making your wifi worse. This is not faulty device, but typically result of too crowded wifi spectrum (simply - too many neighbors sharing same frequency) In that case you need to find free frequency and/or limit your channel width back to 20MHz so you will not utilize too much of wifi spectrum.
Please, be aware that this is really basic short summary. I am unable to give you more guidance without understanding local conditions. For optimizing wifi, it is always better to have experienced person on site to assess, what setting is best for you.
Your 50Mbps speed on wifi is low, probably due to some simple misconfiguration (for example default config has 20Mhz channel width, which simply disqualify you from anything faster than 54Mbps)
Firstly, make sure you have recent version of RouterOS (System->packages->check for updates)
Short summary for 2GHz (wlan1):
- If you see Band 2GHz-B/G, you want to change it to "2GHz-B/G/N"
- If you see channel width 20MHz, most probably you want to change it to something higher, for example "20/40MHz Ce"
- Check if you have both chains enabled for both Rx and Tx (you will see it under HT tab. It should be enabled by default but it is better to check. It may be not enabled if you started with older version of RouterOS)
Short summary for 5GHz (wlan2):
- if you see Band 5GHz-A, you want to change it to "5GHz-A/N/AC"
- If you see channel width 20MHz, most probably you want to change it to something higher, for example "20/40/80MHz Ceee"
Sometime it is useful to set wireless namess differently (for example "Home" and "Home 5G") if your client devices (computers,phones etc) are unable to prioritize faster (5G) network by themselves. This is typical for some cheap Realtek wireless chips, which will simply never connect to 5G because the signal is lower than 2G despite 5G being faster. 5G network will usually give you better speed but does not reach far - even one wall can totally kill the signal. If the name is same, you are unable to select the network manually.
warning - you may find that higher channel width is actually making your wifi worse. This is not faulty device, but typically result of too crowded wifi spectrum (simply - too many neighbors sharing same frequency) In that case you need to find free frequency and/or limit your channel width back to 20MHz so you will not utilize too much of wifi spectrum.
Please, be aware that this is really basic short summary. I am unable to give you more guidance without understanding local conditions. For optimizing wifi, it is always better to have experienced person on site to assess, what setting is best for you.