AC 1200 Bandwidth, just 11 MBps

[anony11]

Hi Linus founder of the FSF and Maker of the NT Kernel:

Basically i have this router "Asus RT-AC1200" in which supposedly has 1200 mbps bandwidth.

I hooked it up to my Desktop, and connected wirelessly with 5ghz.

Shared a folder trough windows and trying to copy it on laptop.

The speed is just 11MBps(100 mbps), wasn't it supposed to be atleast 800mbps?

Any trubleshoot?

[WereCatf]

4 minutes ago, anony11 said:

The speed is just 11MBps(100 mbps), wasn't it supposed to be atleast 800mbps?

No. The Ethernet-ports on it are 100Mbps max. There's nothing you can do about it other than throwing that piece of shit out the window and getting a proper router.

[anony11]

6 minutes ago, WereCatf said:

The Ethernet-ports on it are 100Mbps max

Ooooh, so that's why it was so cheap...

Wow... they say 1200... but only on wan. Is like saying: "you can have 2 icecreams but only if they are made of pasta."

WHO EATS PASTA ICECREAM!?

[WereCatf]

Just now, anony11 said:

Wow... they say 1200... but only on wan.

The WAN-port is also only max 100Mbps. Or did you mean WLAN? If you mean WLAN, ie. WiFi, then it's still a no: they calculated the speed of 2.4GHz WiFi (ie. 300Mbps) together with 5GHz (ie. 867Mbps) to get the 1200Mbps - number, but that's not how WiFi works. The actual real-world maximum WiFi-speed is the 867Mbps and even that is under theoretically ideal conditions, which will never, ever happen in the real world.

[anony11]

2 minutes ago, WereCatf said:

they calculated the speed of 2.4GHz WiFi (ie. 300Mbps) together with 5GHz (ie. 867Mbps) to get the 1200Mbps

Can you suggest/recommend some good dual band router with gigabit? Pheraps less than 100 european dollars?

 

[WereCatf]

Just now, anony11 said:

Can you suggest/recommend some good dual band router with gigabit? Pheraps less than 100 european dollars?

Not really, no. But I can offer some advice: when looking for a router, do check its specs carefully and that it specifically says that both the LAN and WAN ports are all gigabit. If it doesn't say or it says 10/100, then skip that router.

[mariushm]

Also be aware that your wireless network card must also support MIMO / working with multiple channels at same time to get the high speeds.

ex that router can do :

802.11n : up to 300 Mbps
802.11ac : up to 867 Mbps

MIMO technology
2.4 GHz 2 x 2
5 GHz 2 x 2

but you  only get 867mbps in 2x2 mode... if the wireless card has only one channel, then probably the max is 433 mbps or something like that on 5ghz.

Otherwise, yes, always check and make sure there's gigabit ports on the router.  If you can't return that router, maybe use it as an access point or something like that in a remote part of your house.

[anony11]

1 minute ago, WereCatf said:

do check its specs carefully

Thanks for the advice, and help! Lol shouldn't look at tomato sauce and check if it has tomatoes in, lol

867mbps doesn't even refers to the max wireless speed, it's just numbers cause the wan is 100mbps...

 

Theoretically, connecting my desktop trough Wi-Fi i should get increased transfer speeds, right?

 

[WereCatf]

Just now, anony11 said:

Theoretically, connecting my desktop trough Wi-Fi i should get increased transfer speeds, right?

It might, depending on how noisy environment you have. You certainly won't lose much, if you give it a try.

[mariushm]

10 minutes ago, anony11 said:

Thanks for the advice, and help! Lol shouldn't look at tomato sauce and check if it has tomatoes in, lol

867mbps doesn't even refers to the max wireless speed, it's just numbers cause the wan is 100mbps...

 

Theoretically, connecting my desktop trough Wi-Fi i should get increased transfer speeds, right?

 

If both laptop and computer has gigabit network cards, get a regular ethernet cable and connect the computers with the cable directly, without anything between them.

Any gigabit network card will have cable auto detection and will automatically detect two network cards are connected to each other and auto-arrange the wires as needed to operate properly.

 

Then go in network properties and give each computer a unique IP address and same subnet mask  - you have to set them manually because there's no router giving the computers a unique IP.

So in network properties, go to IPv4, go and set 192.168.0.1 on one computer and 192.168.0.2 on the other, and use 255.255.255.0 in subnet mask field (right below where you enter IP address) on both computers.

Now the two computers are in a network formed by the themselves and the network cable.

You'll be able to transfer data between the computers at up to 1gbps or 125 MB/s

When done, simply disconnect the cable and set the IP back to auto and your router will give each computer an IP and get it connected to Internet.