MrSweetE90
Occasional Visitor
Hi Peeps,
As my first step towards better wireless I replaced my BT Smart Hub 2 with the AC88U running Merlin, it was only £60 and it was something I was happy to play around with while waiting to get an AX86U and see what an aftermarket router was like. I noticed a difference straight away, that being 600+Mb/s over wireless on my phone on a 5ghz band and better range. However, sometimes the speeds hover in the region of 330/410 and it appears to be when my kids are using the Internet as well but to check I've sometimes done speed tests and the occasional reboot followed by a speed test only to find they're back at 550/600Mbs until the other devices connect. So, is the AC wireless capped at around 600Mb/s or is this coincidence? My ethernet is always 960Mb so I would have expected the wireless to be able to maintain 600+
As my first step towards better wireless I replaced my BT Smart Hub 2 with the AC88U running Merlin, it was only £60 and it was something I was happy to play around with while waiting to get an AX86U and see what an aftermarket router was like. I noticed a difference straight away, that being 600+Mb/s over wireless on my phone on a 5ghz band and better range. However, sometimes the speeds hover in the region of 330/410 and it appears to be when my kids are using the Internet as well but to check I've sometimes done speed tests and the occasional reboot followed by a speed test only to find they're back at 550/600Mbs until the other devices connect. So, is the AC wireless capped at around 600Mb/s or is this coincidence? My ethernet is always 960Mb so I would have expected the wireless to be able to maintain 600+