Has anyone managed to get 100Mb on SHUB wireless?

[Risco]

I can max out hardwired @ 105Mb, but wireless the max I can get is 87Mb but only in the flaky 300Mbps mode. If I run it in the stable 145Mbps mode, I can only get 77Mb. Has anyone managed to max out in wireless mode? I don't want to set it to modem mode, as I have enough northern lights going with that without my Netgear 3700 adding to it!

I read of updated wireless drivers, any news on this?

[craigj2k12]

you tried 5ghz?

the new drivers will be included in the next firmware release which hasnt even entered beta yet

[Risco]

you tried 5ghz?

the new drivers will be included in the next firmware release which hasnt even entered beta yet

I could try 5ghz, but as this is not dual wireless it would mean I can't connect everything else without messing with the settings each time.

[craigj2k12]

sorry, thought you were only benchmarking it

[Risco]

sorry, thought you were only benchmarking it

Well for the hell of it I tried, 300mbps @ 5ghz was awful with massive ping @ 134ms and diabolical speeds of 30Mb download and 2Mb upload. In 145mbps mode, the SHUB performed no better than 2.4ghz as expected.

[qasdfdsaq]

You will never be able to max out a 110mbps connection over 144mbps wireless. With a good router, 68% efficiency with TCP connections is the most you're likely to get, so about 90-95mbps tops in a Speedtest. With average routers under average conditions you will get less so 77mbps seems perfectly normal.

[akhlaq768]

Hi Risco,

Just wondering how you firstly getting 105mb via wired and 87mb via wireless?

did you do anything on the setting options?

[hjf288]

I've had 114Mbit/sec from the Superhub to my Macbook.. was in the same room, 5GHz, 40MHz..

[nefu]

In my experience (Beta testing for Netgear mainly) I have found that 5ghz is good for congested areas, however it's coverage/range is a lot poorer than 2.4ghz

[BomberAF]

I have trouble getting 100mbs using wired, can usually expect to get about 80 Mbs - 93Mbs.

[GavChap]

I've managed 123Mbit/sec from a Desktop PC wired into a WNDR3700 router to a PC upstairs on 5GHz using wide channels.

The wide (300Mbit) channel in 2.4GHz would work fine if there is enough channel distance between you and your neighbours, and if most of your neighbours are on Channel 6, like most of mine are, forget 300Mbit. It'll automatically reduce to 130 if it detects conflicting networks.

[Tim Deegan]

It's only possible to get a maximum of 72mb through my DW1501 :(

I've had a look at the channels in use locally, and there are a couple on 5, a couple on 6, and then there is myself and one other on channel 1. Now I understand that it is better to change to an unused channel.

I have been told by a friend who is a BT engineer that channel 13 is the best one to use, as many routers don't use it, but the shub does. Can anyone confirm this?

[BomberAF]

It's only possible to get a maximum of 72mb through my DW1501 :(

I've had a look at the channels in use locally, and there are a couple on 5, a couple on 6, and then there is myself and one other on channel 1. Now I understand that it is better to change to an unused channel.

I have been told by a friend who is a BT engineer that channel 13 is the best one to use, as many routers don't use it, but the shub does. Can anyone confirm this?

Try changing to 5Ghz that may help improve things.

[Tim Deegan]

Try changing to 5Ghz that may help improve things.

Apparently the DW1501 doesn't work too well on 5Ghz.

I can get 72mb, that isn't a problem, and that is the maximum with a DW1501. I was just asking about the best channel settings.

[qasdfdsaq]

Most routers - anywhere in the world - default to the 1-6-11 layout for compatibility, meaning it is correct that most routers won't in themselves pick channel 13.

However, since channel 11 overlaps all the way from 9-13 anything on channel 11 will interfere with 13 anyway so there's no real benefit, unless your neighbours are on 9 or below.

[Tim Deegan]

Most routers - anywhere in the world - default to the 1-6-11 layout for compatibility, meaning it is correct that most routers won't in themselves pick channel 13.

However, since channel 11 overlaps all the way from 9-13 anything on channel 11 will interfere with 13 anyway so there's no real benefit, unless your neighbours are on 9 or below.

All my neighbours are on 1, 5, or 6. So 13 will be fine then?

I don't actually have any problems with my signal, but I just wanted to put it on the best possible setting.

[GavChap]

Put it on channel 11

[qasdfdsaq]

13 would be best.

Though theoretically 11 should work just as well, in practice interference goes well beyond the defined channel width (i.e. channel 1 will interfere with 13 if close enough) so the bigger the separation the better.

(Also theoretically speaking, just because everyone else is in <6 doesn't mean >6 is a good choice - they may have avoided channels 7-13 because of interference from a non-wireless network or a hidden network you can't see - though chances of the latter are slim, it remains possible)

[GavChap]

You might want to see if you can find out who owns the router on 5 because he's ruining it for the people on 1 and 6. Wireless will actually run better if you collaborate and have a good spread of you on the non interfering channels 1, 6 and 11, and those are what routers seem to default to. So if you go on 13, and someone moves in with an 11, you're going to get interference.

[Tim Deegan]

I've tried 11, 12, and 13, and 12 seems the most stable for the signal. What should the dBm be?

There is no noise whatsoever on any of these channels.

I've also tried auto, but this seems to want to use channel 1, where the signal isn't quite as good.

[qasdfdsaq]

dBm is a measure of your received signal strength and will vary depending on where you are, what direction your device is pointing and what is in between and around you - there's no set value of what it "should" be.

Though if you really want to you could try and calculate a theoretical value using this: http://www.daycounter.com/Calculators/Friis-Calculator.phtml