Team-BHP - On Wi-Fi & Routers

Folks,
I have been using Hathway Fiber connection with 100Mbps speed. The hathway device (a router?) is connected to my laptop using a LAN cable.

On my laptop, if I check on Fast.com or Speedtest.com, I see speeds around 100-120Mbps.
Devices that are connected using WIFI, the speeds seldom go above 50Mbps and usually around 30-50Mbps range. This happens even when I'm in the same room where the router is present.

I find it strange. It kinds of defeats the purpose of having a connection with relatively higher speed. What shall I do to fix the wifi connectivity?

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Originally Posted by 7000plusrpm (Post 4881421)

Which router do you have ?

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Originally Posted by 7000plusrpm (Post 4881421)

This is probably because the router might be single band. You need to get a dual band router which broadcasts over the both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands.
The 2.4 GHz band provides network to a larger area but sacrifices speed and 5 GHz gives faster speeds over a smaller area.

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Originally Posted by 7000plusrpm (Post 4881441)

It's a ZTE one, model is ZTE ZXHN F612W. It was provided by Hathway.

OK. That is a good router IMO. It is a fiber ONT device. Check if the router settings has a configuration for wifi signal strength or transmission power. If yes, check if it is @100 percent or max value.

If you are standing 10 feet away from router in direct line of sight then you should get almost the speed advertised. That is the recommended way to test the speed.

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Originally Posted by 7000plusrpm (Post 4881441)

It's a ZTE one, model is ZTE ZXHN F612W. It was provided by Hathway.

Limiting to 30/50 on is typically a nature of 2.4Ghz band. Check if you have a 5Ghz option. You can check using this app on Android.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d....wifi.analyzer

If there is no 5Ghz network, you will need to get a good dual band router (TPlink C6 is a good budget model).

This is how it will show 5Ghz network.

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Originally Posted by Sebring (Post 4881630)

Any idea why its so expensive?

It is a "premium" product and priced accordingly
Pretty good components and specs such as :
- Excellent radio (160 MHz) with WiFi 6
- Realistic support for 1 gbps WiFi for recent laptops and desktops
- iPhone 7 and later should get 833 mbps connections. Upcoming iPhones to support 1.2 gbps.
- 8 Radios, should work with heavy LAN traffic over WiFi
- Powerful CPU + RAM. Realistic capacity to provide VPN across the network.

Most users don't need it (say if internet connection is ~200 mbps or lower and do not use a media / file server at home).

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Originally Posted by Sebring (Post 4881630)

It does say high-wifi speed, but are our devices ready

Newer iOS devices already are. https://www.cnet.com/how-to/the-ipho...means-for-you/

Android flagships also support MIMO and other features.

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Originally Posted by Vikalp (Post 4881447)

This is probably because the router might be single band. You need to get a dual band router which broadcasts over the both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands.

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Originally Posted by suku_patel_22 (Post 4881688)

Below pictures show the current and all available channels. Right now, sitting right next to the router, the speeds on fast.com is 70Mbps.

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Originally Posted by sagarpadaki (Post 4881620)

I have checked it, it is at 100% now. See the attachment below.

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Originally Posted by 7000plusrpm (Post 4882712)

Would you mind sharing some recommendations, something that can be used with Hathway's fiber-optic input?please:
Thank you!

The router provided by JIO fiber connection is dual band. See if you can procure that.

Note - The Fiber optic routers are called ONT devices.

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Originally Posted by 7000plusrpm (Post 4882712)

Would you mind sharing some recommendations, something that can be used with Hathway's fiber-optic input?please:
Thank you!

Either Hathway gives you a better router, or you can get an additional router and connect this as input. Depending on budget, good ones(TPLink C6) start at around 2k.

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Originally Posted by shreyak_ss (Post 4868107)

So I got a TP Link Deco M4 - 3 pack, installed as per the guidelines on the app. It worked fine for a couple of days but now I'm facing a peculiar issue.

My main router is placed next to my Jiofiber router connected through LAN on the first floor and the two satellite routers are placed on the ground floor, 1 just below it and the other one some 20ft apart. When I connect to the main router on first floor there's no issue with the connection, however when I connect to the satellite ones on the ground floor, it shows "IP configuration failure" on my android phone. It worked fine for a bit initially but now it just doesn't connect to the satellite routers. Same is the case with other devices also both iOS and Android. I have a Jio set top box on the ground floor that also refuses to connect even though its showing range of the satellite routers. I'm in a fix now because this totally defeats the purpose of getting a mesh system in the first place.

Can anyone help me out, if I have to change any router settings or something else? I tried to relocate the routers in the ground floor but the problem still persists even though the routers are connected with each other.

you probably have DHCP "on" with both Jio and TP link. This causes a problem of IP address conflict.
Ideally only the main Jio router should have DHCP on, and the remaining should be functioning as access points.

I am facing a lag while sending whatsapp messages using JioFiber even though there are no speed issues when I check the speed it is 150 Mbps for both upload and download.

And another issue is the router with JioFiber being a dual band router sometimes the 5Ghz or 5g one as they call it loses connectivity and does not re-connect with Iphones or amazon firestick.

Anybody else facing the same issues and any resolutions for the same?