Wireless "gigabit"

[vorticity]

Looking for some advice. I recently moved into a new apartment that only offers ATT fiber. The modem/router they provided is a BGW320-505. I pay for 1000Mbps connection and I definitely get that when plugged in directly, but for Wifi speeds even right next to the router I only get around 600Mbps. I then went and bought a Tp-Link AX6600 and stupidly believed it could reach gigabit speeds over wifi based on their marketing (or maybe I just don't understand how they work). I also did place the ATT modem/router in IP passthrough mode and disabled the wireless functionality (for some reason ATT's modem don't have a true bridge mode). Even with the TP-Link router I only get about 650Mbps which is fine but since I'm paying for gigabit, I'm looking to actually be able to use it. This being an apartment I don't actually want to nail some CAT5 to the wall and run it across the apartment to my PC. Also according to the ATT rep there is no slower speed available. So my question is does anyone know of a wifi router that can actuallt achieve 1000Mpbs on the 5Ghz band?

[Needfuldoer]

What standards does your PC's WiFi card support? That's probably your bottleneck, not the router/AP.

[BiotechBen]

6 minutes ago, vorticity said:

Looking for some advice. I recently moved into a new apartment that only offers ATT fiber. The modem/router they provided is a BGW320-505. I pay for 1000Mbps connection and I definitely get that when plugged in directly, but for Wifi speeds even right next to the router I only get around 600Mbps. I then went and bought a Tp-Link AX6600 and stupidly believed it could reach gigabit speeds over wifi based on their marketing (or maybe I just don't understand how they work). I also did place the ATT modem/router in IP passthrough mode and disabled the wireless functionality (for some reason ATT's modem don't have a true bridge mode). Even with the TP-Link router I only get about 650Mbps which is fine but since I'm paying for gigabit, I'm looking to actually be able to use it. This being an apartment I don't actually want to nail some CAT5 to the wall and run it across the apartment to my PC. Also according to the ATT rep there is no slower speed available. So my question is does anyone know of a wifi router that can actuallt achieve 1000Mpbs on the 5Ghz band?

To get that speed over wifi, you need a compatible receiving device, for example, a WiFi 6E network card.

[vorticity]

2 minutes ago, Needfuldoer said:

What standards does your PC's WiFi card support?

Hey Needfuldoer, I have an Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 160MHz  wifi card that is integrated into the motherboard.

[Electronics Wizardy]

3 minutes ago, vorticity said:

Hey Needfuldoer, I have an Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 160MHz  wifi card that is integrated into the motherboard.

what is the channel width on the router?

 

Whats the link speed of the connecton?(should be in the network properties in settings)

[vorticity]

17 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

what is the channel width on the router?

 

Whats the link speed of the connecton?(should be in the network properties in settings)

The channel width and channel are set to AUTO for all bands.

and the link speed shows around 1000Mbps link

[Electronics Wizardy]

15 minutes ago, vorticity said:

The channel width and channel are set to AUTO for all bands.

and the link speed shows around 1000Mbps link

Try forcing it to 160mhz and using a channel thats not used. You basically need the 160mhz wide channels to get 1gb speeds on wifi.

 

Normally about 1/2 to 2/3 of the phy speed is expected for wifi, so your speeds are correct.

[vorticity]

27 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Try forcing it to 160mhz and using a channel thats not used. You basically need the 160mhz wide channels to get 1gb speeds on wifi.

 

Normally about 1/2 to 2/3 of the phy speed is expected for wifi, so your speeds are correct.

I see a little bit of an improvement, i guess I can live with this; you would think a two year apartment complex would have ethernet run in there wall to the fiber drop since older ones I've lived have had it. Thanks for your help. Also is it just me our is TP-Links marketing just way off, they market this router as getting way above gigabit speeds over wifi and they  do the same with their powerline adapter. I tried using their 2000mbps powerline adapter and hit a hard cap of 100mbps everytime.

[Falcon1986]

47 minutes ago, vorticity said:

I recently moved into a new apartment that only offers ATT fiber.

To reach even close to gigabit on WiFi 6, you'll need clear 5GHz channels and at least 80MHz channel width.

 

Realistically, that is not easily achievable in an apartment environment where everyone else also uses the same ISP with WiFi broadcasts competing for the same airwaves. The 5GHz band can only accommodate 2 non-overlapping 80MHz broadcasts outside of the DFS range (6 if you include DFS).

 

Try running a wireless channel survey to see what you're working with.

[Kilrah]

1 hour ago, vorticity said:

Also is it just me our is TP-Links marketing just way off, they market this router as getting way above gigabit speeds over wifi

Yep but everybody does it.

It's basically "the max total over the air raw data rate you can get in a clean lab enviroment with just the right number of devices connected to each network frequency and communicating at the same time", not the usable data rate to a single device in normal conditions.