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    RT-AC86U Poor Wireless Speed - 160MHz doesn't work

    Thanks for the idea! I removed the Killer drivers, and installed the drivers from here: Download Windows® 10 Wi-Fi Drivers for Intel® Wireless Adapters The throughput as measured by iperf3 is now around 550mbps. I don't know if this is the right sort of speeds to be expecting or not?
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    RT-AC86U Poor Wireless Speed - 160MHz doesn't work

    How embarrassing! I put the wrong product code in the header sorry. I have an RT-AX86U. Not the AC. It's connecting at 2400mbls link speed, but the throughput isn't what I would expect. Thanks
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    RT-AC86U Poor Wireless Speed - 160MHz doesn't work

    Update: I read a post on here saying that you may need to wait a while after making channel changes on 5GHz due to changes for RADAR. I changed the channel for 5GHz to 36, with 160MHz width. I'm not connected to it. My link speed is 2,400mbps, but the throughput I'm seeing is limited to...
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    RT-AC86U Poor Wireless Speed - 160MHz doesn't work

    Hi, I received a new RT-AC86U router yesterday - I'm struggling to get it set up correctly. I'm hoping someone can help. I'm testing speeds using netio-gui application. I have a server (actually a laptop) with a USB gigabit NIC connected. As a baseline, I connected my primary laptop via...
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