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Sephiroth · 12-09-2015, 12:22

It's not a connected issue. I solved the issue by using an ASUS USB-AC56 as my wireless adapter and disabling the onboard device. When the ASUS adaptor is not plugged in, it cannot conflict.

You've confirmed that the laptop and identical wirless adaptor give 200 meg at the ASUS RT-AC68U. SO the adaptor settings are not suspect.

Youy have provided the "AP" 5GHz settings above - everything Auto. So that should allow you to work at the maximum Ethernet link speed between the two routers. Are the LEDS green on the Ethernet link between the two routers (to signify 1Gig link)?

The behaviour that I called half-duplex can be caused by another factor - though the settings you showed for the "AP" deny that factor, which is: In your Laptop --> AP WiFi 5GHz --> AP --> Ethernet --> ASUS Router path, it could be that "Auto" becomes a 1x1 radio. In which case the maximum speed would be whatever 802.11n can deliver (150meg). I may be talking a load of gollox but that level of detail is not given in any of the Archer specs.

You could change the settings for 5GHz to define the channel width to be 80MHz to force a higher speed. Me - I'd need to get my hands on the thing to bottom this out.

12-09-2015, 12:22	#69
Sephiroth Wisdom & truth Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: RG41 Services: RG41: 1Gig VOLT Rutland: Gigaclear 400/400 Posts: 13,205	Re: Question on speeds It's not a connected issue. I solved the issue by using an ASUS USB-AC56 as my wireless adapter and disabling the onboard device. When the ASUS adaptor is not plugged in, it cannot conflict. You've confirmed that the laptop and identical wirless adaptor give 200 meg at the ASUS RT-AC68U. SO the adaptor settings are not suspect. Youy have provided the "AP" 5GHz settings above - everything Auto. So that should allow you to work at the maximum Ethernet link speed between the two routers. Are the LEDS green on the Ethernet link between the two routers (to signify 1Gig link)? The behaviour that I called half-duplex can be caused by another factor - though the settings you showed for the "AP" deny that factor, which is: In your Laptop --> AP WiFi 5GHz --> AP --> Ethernet --> ASUS Router path, it could be that "Auto" becomes a 1x1 radio. In which case the maximum speed would be whatever 802.11n can deliver (150meg). I may be talking a load of gollox but that level of detail is not given in any of the Archer specs. You could change the settings for 5GHz to define the channel width to be 80MHz to force a higher speed. Me - I'd need to get my hands on the thing to bottom this out. __________________ *Seph.* My advice is at your risk.