Asus RT-AC66U and Gigabit

[ngerasimatos]

I recently got Gigabit internet to my home. If I use Cat6 directly to my 2014 Macbook Retina I see speeds of about 600 Mbps. When using wireless or connecting hardwired through the Asus RT-AC66U router I am seeing 160Mbps-200Mbps consistently.

I reset the router to factor defaults, played around with various firmware versions, but nothing seems to resolve the issue.

Any suggestions?

 

[connorm]

make sure HW acceleration is on

this is only possible on Asus-WRT or Merlin WRT

i believe the main features that disable this are QOS and IP traffic monitoring, but there could be some other things that disable it aswell.

good luck

 

[KGB7]

What are the specs of the WiFi adapter on apple?
Are you connected on 2.4 or 5ghz band?

Router settings for each band ??

Actual speed over WiFi will be lower then lan speeds even if your WiFi connection is higher then lan/wired.

Math for WiFi;
Link speed /2 =transfer speed. Give or take 15%.

 

[ngerasimatos]

What are the specs of the WiFi adapter on apple?
Are you connected on 2.4 or 5ghz band?

Router settings for each band ??

Actual speed over WiFi will be lower then lan speeds even if your WiFi connection is higher then lan/wired.

Math for WiFi;
Link speed /2 =transfer speed. Give or take 15%.

I use 5ghz only. I agree, router speeds will be slower than hardwired but not his much slower.

 

[ngerasimatos]

make sure HW acceleration is on

this is only possible on Asus-WRT or Merlin WRT

i believe the main features that disable this are QOS and IP traffic monitoring, but there could be some other things that disable it as well.

good luck

Not using Merlin, but I can if you think that will resolve some of my issues. QOS is disabled, IP traffic monitoring is disabled. Wireless log below:

SSID: "ASUS"
RSSI: 0 dBm SNR: 0 dB noise: -76 dBm Channel: 6
BSSID: 60:A4:4C:A1:28:98 Capability: ESS ShortSlot
Supported Rates: [ 1(b) 2(b) 5.5(b) 6 9 11(b) 12 18 24 36 48 54 ]
HT Capable:
Chanspec: 2.4GHz channel 6 20MHz (0x1006)
Primary channel: 6
HT Capabilities:
Supported MCS : [ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 ]

Mode : AP Only

Stations List
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MAC Associated Authorized RSSI PSM Tx rate Rx rate Connect Time

SSID: "ASUS_5G"
RSSI: 0 dBm SNR: 0 dB noise: -92 dBm Channel: 161/80
BSSID: 60:A4:4C:A1:28:9C Capability: ESS
Supported Rates: [ 6(b) 9 12(b) 18 24(b) 36 48 54 ]
VHT Capable:
Chanspec: 5GHz channel 155 80MHz (0xe39b)
Primary channel: 161
HT Capabilities:
Supported MCS : [ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 ]
VHT Capabilities:
Supported VHT (tx) Rates:
NSS: 1 MCS: 0-9
NSS: 2 MCS: 0-9
NSS: 3 MCS: 0-9
Supported VHT (rx) Rates:
NSS: 1 MCS: 0-9
NSS: 2 MCS: 0-9
NSS: 3 MCS: 0-9

Mode : AP Only

Stations List
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MAC Associated Authorized RSSI PSM Tx rate Rx rate Connect Time
B0:79:94:0B:8D:B9 Yes Yes -65dBm Yes 150M 6M 00:09:40
24:A2:E1:54:C4:36 Yes Yes -55dBm Yes 300M 24M 03:03:10
78:31:C1:CC:3A:E2 Yes Yes -59dBm No 866.7M 702M 03:05:31
6C:70:9F:26:C4D Yes Yes -57dBm Yes 6M 24M 03:05:37

 

[ngerasimatos]

I went ahead and upgraded firmware to Merlin RT-AC66U_3.0.0.4_374.43_0.trx

I should also note, my Mac is showing I am getting very good connection speeds to the router.

 

[Veranor]

One thing I did was put mine at 120 mW. Doing 200 mW was degrading performance and not yielding anything useful for me.

This is my speed at present (this is using an EA-N66R as the adapter and about 30 feet away direct line of sight).

Downstairs to the other side of the house its anywhere from 150-200 mbit.

 

[ngerasimatos]

One thing I did was put mine at 120 mW. Doing 200 mW was degrading performance and not yielding anything useful for me.

This is my speed at present (this is using an EA-N66R as the adapter and about 30 feet away direct line of sight).

Downstairs to the other side of the house its anywhere from 150-200 mbit.

I have changed it as suggested. Still same results. I am very frustrated.

 

[ngerasimatos]

What are the specs of the WiFi adapter on apple?
Are you connected on 2.4 or 5ghz band?

Router settings for each band ??

Actual speed over WiFi will be lower then lan speeds even if your WiFi connection is higher then lan/wired.

Math for WiFi;
Link speed /2 =transfer speed. Give or take 15%.

Apple Wifi adapter is as follows:

Software Versions:
CoreWLAN: 4.3.3 (433.48)
CoreWLANKit: 3.3.2 (332.36)
Menu Extra: 9.3.2 (932.35)
System Information: 9.0 (900.8)
IO80211 Family: 6.4 (640.36)
Diagnostics: 3.0 (300.40)
AirPort Utility: 6.3.2 (632.3)
Interfaces:
en0:
Card Type: AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0x134)
Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (6.30.223.154.65)
MAC Address: 78:31:c1:cc:3a:e2
Locale: FCC
Country Code: US
Supported PHY Modes: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
Supported Channels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 120, 124, 128, 132, 136, 140, 144, 149, 153, 157, 161, 165
Wake On Wireless: Supported
AirDrop: Supported
Status: Connected
Current Network Information:
ASUS_5G:
PHY Mode: 802.11ac
BSSID: 60:a4:4c:a1:28:9c
Channel: 149
Country Code: US
Network Type: Infrastructure
Security: WPA2 Personal
Signal / Noise: -58 dBm / -92 dBm
Transmit Rate: 702
MCS Index: 5

 

[ngerasimatos]

I am now seeing random issues where my router will reboot for no reason. I disabled hardware acceleration as I read this might be the cause of the problem but now I see speeds are even slower than before.