I am having trouble increasing the speed of my home network. I recently purchased 2 RT-AC66U's to increase the speed to my MyBookLive in the main living room. My previous real time transfer speeds were about 11.5-12.5MB/s to my mybook live over the wireless-n 5ghz connection I had created with my netgear router and e4200 bridge. After setting up the 2 AC66U's, the transfer speed increased to about a 16MB/s write and a 20MB/s read. That's it! The drive can transfer at 205mbps (25.6MB/s) write and 525mbps (65.6MB/s) read when connected via cat 6 ethernet cable.
If I set the router at a lower channel on the 5ghz line I will see a decrease in write speed by HALF in comparison to the upper channels but the read speed does not change. Changing the transmit power from 40-200 in small increments also has absolutely no change in the speed of the transfer. Using inSSider shows only 2 other close by 5ghz signals on channels I don't use, but have also tried to use just in case.
I have tried a 3rd AC66U and replaced the router as well as the bridge without any change in transfer speeds.
I have moved both routers to different locations with about a 1MB/s change in speeds both up and down.
I have tried the .270 official firmware, as well as the .270.26b merlin firmware, as well as the .354 official and .354.29b merlin firmwares. The .270 firmwares increase the transfer speed by about 10mbps on the read/write.
I have tried a 20mhz channel, 40 mhz channel, 80 mhz channel, and auto channel.
20mhz 122mbps read / 88mbps write.
40mhz 135mbps read / 90mbps write.
80mhz 155mbps read / 105mbps write.
I have tried wireless mode auto as well as wireless mode N only. The transfer speeds were about 30mbps different.
I have tried no encryption as well as WPA2-Personal encryption, speeds were around the same.
I did also notice a thread where a user suggested using the router as an AP instead where they were seeing the same throughput that I was before the change. I cannot change my main router to an AP because my internet access is authorized via PPPoE. I tried this anyway just to test transfer speeds across my network and they were IDENTICAL to my previous speeds.
I do not understand how people are getting these 500+mbps transfer rates whatsoever. I have not even come close to breaking 160mbps once, let alone 300 or 500 or higher. I have moved the routers anywhere from 1feet apart, to 3, to 10, to 50. The speeds never change more than 30mbps.
The absolute max speed based on firmware changes, channel settings, mode changes, and prime location that I have achieved is 112mbps write and 156mbps read. This is in relation to a 4MB size packet. A 1MB size packet gets me almost 200mbps read, but it seems to just be a burst speed.
Why did I spend $380 on this media bridge for a 33% increase in speed over my previous setup? What am I doing wrong? :confused:
My CCNA certification that I earned 10 years ago obviously didn't help me whatsoever in real life. :rolleyes:
If I set the router at a lower channel on the 5ghz line I will see a decrease in write speed by HALF in comparison to the upper channels but the read speed does not change. Changing the transmit power from 40-200 in small increments also has absolutely no change in the speed of the transfer. Using inSSider shows only 2 other close by 5ghz signals on channels I don't use, but have also tried to use just in case.
I have tried a 3rd AC66U and replaced the router as well as the bridge without any change in transfer speeds.
I have moved both routers to different locations with about a 1MB/s change in speeds both up and down.
I have tried the .270 official firmware, as well as the .270.26b merlin firmware, as well as the .354 official and .354.29b merlin firmwares. The .270 firmwares increase the transfer speed by about 10mbps on the read/write.
I have tried a 20mhz channel, 40 mhz channel, 80 mhz channel, and auto channel.
20mhz 122mbps read / 88mbps write.
40mhz 135mbps read / 90mbps write.
80mhz 155mbps read / 105mbps write.
I have tried wireless mode auto as well as wireless mode N only. The transfer speeds were about 30mbps different.
I have tried no encryption as well as WPA2-Personal encryption, speeds were around the same.
I did also notice a thread where a user suggested using the router as an AP instead where they were seeing the same throughput that I was before the change. I cannot change my main router to an AP because my internet access is authorized via PPPoE. I tried this anyway just to test transfer speeds across my network and they were IDENTICAL to my previous speeds.
I do not understand how people are getting these 500+mbps transfer rates whatsoever. I have not even come close to breaking 160mbps once, let alone 300 or 500 or higher. I have moved the routers anywhere from 1feet apart, to 3, to 10, to 50. The speeds never change more than 30mbps.
The absolute max speed based on firmware changes, channel settings, mode changes, and prime location that I have achieved is 112mbps write and 156mbps read. This is in relation to a 4MB size packet. A 1MB size packet gets me almost 200mbps read, but it seems to just be a burst speed.
Why did I spend $380 on this media bridge for a 33% increase in speed over my previous setup? What am I doing wrong? :confused:
My CCNA certification that I earned 10 years ago obviously didn't help me whatsoever in real life. :rolleyes: