Asus RT-AC68U slow 5Ghz and 2 Ghz Download and Upload speed

[Abhinav]

I have 1 Gbps connection when connected on Lan from the router to desktop i get around 880 Mbps Upload and Download but from both the wifi channels 5Ghz and 2 Ghz i get around 470 Mbps Upload and download .
I have tried to change all the Wireless Mode, Channel bandwidth, Control Channel the best i get 470 Mbps Upload and download for but the advertised speed on the router is 1300 Mbps on 5Ghz

Can anyone help me with how can i increase the speed

 

[RMerlin]

The advertised rate is the link rate, not the transfer rate. It's typical for the actual throughput to be roughly half of your link rate.

 

[Abhinav]

I have been reading in forums people getting speed around 900 Mbps on this router with 15 meters in range for 5 Ghz channel

 

[RMerlin]

Source? Cause I doubt this router can break 700-750 Mbps with a 3x3 client. Based on your numbers, I suspect you use a 2x2 client, with a max link rate of 866Mbps.

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[Abhinav]

I am not sure but which router you think can deliver closer to 1 Gbps . i can upgrade to it

 

[RMerlin]

I am not sure but which router you think can deliver closer to 1 Gbps . i can upgrade to it

The router won't make any difference if your computers don't have a matching wireless client. The high-end laptops can't generally go beyond 500-600 Mbps of throughput for instance, with the average laptop being limited to 100-150 Mbps of throughput.

 

[Abhinav]

Ohhh i have MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013 it has Wireless Adapter ( 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) with Link Speed of 1 Gbit/ S would this work?

Thanks for helping me out

 

[Abhinav]

Card Type: AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0x134) , Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (7.21.171.126.1a2) , Supported PHY Modes: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac . Mac Os - Mac os Sierra 10.12.5 (16F73) this is wifi details

 

[RMerlin]

I think these are 3x3, which means a maximum throughput rate of around 700-800 Mbps under ideal conditions.

 

[Abhinav]

Thank. But i am getting around 530 Mbps from speedtest.net . What should be the ideal conditions .

 

[jeff3820]

530 Mbps is excellent for wireless. I doubt you will ever do better. Even if you link at a faster speed the speed will falloff due to environmental impact a spurious noise/interference and the need to periodically re-transmit a packet.

530 is great.

 

[Abhinav]

Thanks for reply. This was helpfull