How can I see the wireless speed between a router and a wireless client without using a second computer? I ask this because the router is AC1200, but has 10/100 LAN ports, so if I connect anything to the ports, it will limit the speed to 100Mbps. Is there a way to test the wireless network speed without relying on two PCs?
Testing the wireless network speed of a router
- Thread starter Alex2222
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The router having 100m ports is one of the clear indications that the router manufactures know that they are telling big lies about the wireless speed.
First the 1200 is 300+900 speeds. No end device can use both radios in the router. Then if you take the 900 speed and have to cut it in half because they are pretending the router can actually run full duplex which it can not. It would be like rating the ethernet cable at 200m...but ethernet can actually really run at full speed up and down.
In general even using 802.11ac you will not realistically get much over 100m anyway. I think the speed testing sites that test routers with gig ports get about 150m average. What you get will be greatly affected by your house and your neighbors.
There is no way to realistically test your router so if you can get 100m you should be happy....note you will only get that on 802.11ac using a card that also supports at least the 900m speeds.
First the 1200 is 300+900 speeds. No end device can use both radios in the router. Then if you take the 900 speed and have to cut it in half because they are pretending the router can actually run full duplex which it can not. It would be like rating the ethernet cable at 200m...but ethernet can actually really run at full speed up and down.
In general even using 802.11ac you will not realistically get much over 100m anyway. I think the speed testing sites that test routers with gig ports get about 150m average. What you get will be greatly affected by your house and your neighbors.
There is no way to realistically test your router so if you can get 100m you should be happy....note you will only get that on 802.11ac using a card that also supports at least the 900m speeds.
Thank you for your answer!
I know that I shouldn't expect the numbers on the box and it's clear that every manufacturer lies to sell their product. But I was a bit confused by this maximum 100M port with AC approx 900Mbps deal. If, for example, I take out the Internet from the equation and I'm curious what is the actual maximum speed that I can get using the 5GHz frequency (ac) between a compatible adapter and the router, is there a way to actually test it without having to connect a computer to one of the LAN ports?
You have no way to really test it the data only passes though the router it must be going someplace so you always need 2 devices. You are going to be limited to 100m since that is the fastest another computer can connect to the router.
In the long run it really doesn't matter how fast the wireless is as long as it is faster than 100m you have hit the max capacity.
In the long run it really doesn't matter how fast the wireless is as long as it is faster than 100m you have hit the max capacity.
Hmm, what if I use two computers, both with a 5GHz 802.11ac compatible adapter connected wirelessly to the router and transfer files between them. Wouldn't that bypass the 10/100 limitation and possibly reach 200 to 300 Mbps? (I'm asking everything from a theoretically point of view because I don't really have the router and I am interested to understand the point of having an ac1200+ router with 10/100 ports).
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