Fibre broadband and WIFI speed

Sterlingtimes

brewerdave said:

Unless you have all "modern" devices using wifi 5/6 (802.11 ac/ax) you won't see anything like the 900Mbs.

Thank you, Brewerdave, you have helped me before. I did no expect 900 Mb/s but I have got no benefit from the fibre upgrade as things stand.

littleboo

What problem were you trying to solve with the new service? Most homes don't and can't consume 900Mbps

[Deleted User]

Sterlingtimes said:

brewerdave said:

Unless you have all "modern" devices using wifi 5/6 (802.11 ac/ax) you won't see anything like the 900Mbs.

Thank you, Brewerdave, you have helped me before. I did no expect 900 Mb/s but I have got no benefit from the fibre upgrade as things stand.

But you will see an improvement with multiple devices though - and that's what fast broadband speed is really for. If you have 5 devices all trying to stream on wifi, then you may well see the sum total getting much higher - maybe 400-500 mbps and then still have headroom to stream another 400mbps through your ethernet.

You do need a powerful router though to make use of gigabit fully though, I'd recommend tri-band and something with a hefty CPU to handle to routing.

Personally I can get around 550mbps on an iPhone / laptop on AC wifi 5 on my network, slowest part of the house is about 100mbps.

To be honest your Fritz box isn't great, I can't even see any aerials on it so doubt it is making the best of the wifi capabilities.

This would be better suited

https://rog.asus.com/networking/rog-rapture-gt-ax11000-model/

unforeseen

Sterlingtimes said:

unforeseen said:

Fibre speed & WiFi speed are not connected to each other. 
E.G. I have 150Mb FTTP. My tablet connects to my router via WiFi at 433Mb/s

Thank you. I am not sure that I wholly understand. I have performed a speed test on my computer which is connected to my router by ethernet and I get 923 mb/s. On WIFI at the router, I get 70 mb/s for 2.4 GHz and 260 mb/s. 

Your computer connected via ethernet will have a connection capable of 1Gb/s. You therefore get the full speed of your line on a speed test from the computer.
If your WiFi is connected at the speeds you mention then that will be the maximum speed that you will see when connected that way. WiFi speed, as previously mentioned, is dependant on quite a few factors as previously mentioned. Not all of them may be under your control such as channel congestion 

Sterlingtimes

Deleted_User said:

Sterlingtimes said:

brewerdave said:

Unless you have all "modern" devices using wifi 5/6 (802.11 ac/ax) you won't see anything like the 900Mbs.

Thank you, Brewerdave, you have helped me before. I did no expect 900 Mb/s but I have got no benefit from the fibre upgrade as things stand.

But you will see an improvement with multiple devices though - and that's what fast broadband speed is really for. If you have 5 devices all trying to stream on wifi, then you may well see the sum total getting much higher - maybe 400-500 mbps and then still have headroom to stream another 400mbps through your ethernet.

You do need a powerful router though to make use of gigabit fully though, I'd recommend tri-band and something with a hefty CPU to handle to routing.

Personally I can get around 550mbps on an iPhone / laptop on AC wifi 5 on my network, slowest part of the house is about 100mbps.

To be honest your Fritz box isn't great, I can't even see any aerials on it so doubt it is making the best of the wifi capabilities.

This would be better suited

https://rog.asus.com/networking/rog-rapture-gt-ax11000-model/

I appreciate your taking the time out to explain matters. I have a BT Whole Home three-disc system connected to my router. I son's room is far to far away to connect by ethernet. I had expected that his PCs connected by WIFI would achieve more than 80 Mbit/s. My ISP is sending a replacement router and I will see whether that bring about an improvement.

Sterlingtimes

unforeseen said:

Sterlingtimes said:

unforeseen said:

Fibre speed & WiFi speed are not connected to each other. 
E.G. I have 150Mb FTTP. My tablet connects to my router via WiFi at 433Mb/s

Thank you. I am not sure that I wholly understand. I have performed a speed test on my computer which is connected to my router by ethernet and I get 923 mb/s. On WIFI at the router, I get 70 mb/s for 2.4 GHz and 260 mb/s. 

Your computer connected via ethernet will have a connection capable of 1Gb/s. You therefore get the full speed of your line on a speed test from the computer.
If your WiFi is connected at the speeds you mention then that will be the maximum speed that you will see when connected that way. WiFi speed, as previously mentioned, is dependant on quite a few factors as previously mentioned. Not all of them may be under your control such as channel congestion 

Thank you. I feel as though I am on a slow learning curve.