Unable to reach 400 Mbps on Pixel 7a (6a) in a gigabit network

[Terepin]

And this was true for all Asus router that I had previously. No matter which settings I use the DL speed never reaches even 400 Mbps. The funny thing is that UL speed does. QoS is not enabled, network is not hogged. It just cannot even approach the speed despite sitting next to the router. Currently I have ZenWiFi BD4. Does anyone know what can I try?

 

[dave14305]

What rate does it connect at based on the System Log / Wireless Log? Find the phone's MAC address in the list.

 

[Terepin]

Does this count?

As I said, the upload speed is correct. Only the download speed is affected. And I haven't the foggiest why.

 

[Tech9]

What about the speed to other clients?

If all the same try disabling all this and test again.

And your routers must be really close to each other if Roaming Assistant at -55dBm is needed.

 

[sfx2000]

And this was true for all Asus router that I had previously. No matter which settings I use the DL speed never reaches even 400 Mbps. The funny thing is that UL speed does. QoS is not enabled, network is not hogged. It just cannot even approach the speed despite sitting next to the router. Currently I have ZenWiFi BD4. Does anyone know what can I try?

The client has the biggest input on the connected rates, not the AP.

Also remember that PHY rate is not the same as the IP bandwidth at the network level.

400Mbit/Sec at the network level for a phone/tablet is quite nice actually

 

[Terepin]

What about the speed to other clients?

If all the same try disabling all this and test again.

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And your routers must be really close to each other if Roaming Assistant at -55dBm is needed.

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I tried to disable every setting, include those. I was just testing roaming assistant and forgot to put it back to -65.

 

[Terepin]

The client has the biggest input on the connected rates, not the AP.

Also remember that PHY rate is not the same as the IP bandwidth at the network level.

400Mbit/Sec at the network level for a phone/tablet is quite nice actually

If that's true then how do you explain this:

 

[bennor]

If that's true then how do you explain this:

With out more context, there isn't much to explain.
As suggested above, have you tried different client devices?
What about wired devices?
Who is your ISP and what is ISP's plan advertised speed?
What (make, model, configuration) is the ISP's equipment that the Asus router is connected to?
What internet speeds do you get if you remove the Asus router from the ISP equipment and connect a computer or mobile device direct to the ISP equipment?

 

[Terepin]

Both Pixels behave the same way. As does Chromebook and Windows PC.
Wired devices are unaffected.
My ISP is Antik and I have symmetrical gigabit connection.
No clue, because it's a direct connection.
Wired speeds are the same. Cannot test wireless connection.

 

[Tech9]

Mobile devices have automatic power saving features and maximum wireless speed when speed testing is not guaranteed.

 

[bennor]

To provide more context, do you have the ZenWiFi BD4 setup for AiMesh? In otherwords do you have multiple AiMesh nodes connected via WiFi to the main router? If so, are the WiFi clients connected to the AiMesh node(s) or to the main router? If you have AiMesh setup, a troubleshooting step would be to turn off the AiMesh nodes, run just the main router and see what the WiFi clients are reporting for speed.

As always when one is having strange issues, one could perform a hard factory reset on the router followed by a manual configuration (do not import a saved router.cfg file) as a troubleshooting step.

PS: You say "it's a direct connection." But a direct connection to what? The router WAN port is connected to some sort of ISP equipment up stream. Is it a ISP gateway, ISP router or ISP fiber ONT, or something else?

 

[Terepin]

It's AiMesh with ethernet backhaul. I tested speed from the nearest router.

No clue what they're using. It's some kind of switch I gathered.

 

[Terepin]

Mobile devices have automatic power saving features and maximum wireless speed when speed testing is not guaranteed.

That might be, but that doesn't explain why I can never reach 400 Mbps on download, but the upload speed fluctuates up to 900 Mbps.

 

[Tech9]

You may have to live with what you have then.

 

[Terepin]

Yeah, I figured as much.