Would it be considered normal if your wireless performance results don't match what is benchmarked here on SNB by Tim?
For example, in his test/review of the Netgear Nighthawk, Tim shows 240Mbps'ish download and upload speeds on the 5GHz range.
I purchased a Netgear Nighthawk and tested this by using 2 laptops to transfer a 4.5GB file locally across my wifi network. I only got approximately 1/3 the speed shown in the benchmark here on SNB (about 85Mbps).
My environment is a Lenovo X1 Carbon pulling the file from my 2014 13" macbook pro (so I believe that's a 2x2 nic in the X1 and a 3x3 nic in the mbp). Both on the 5GHz range and both approximately 4 feet from the router with no obstructions between them.
I played with some of the settings on the router (changing the 5GHz channels mostly) but, nothing seemed to change the results much. So I'm curious if this is expected because of real world interference (though in theory, it should be lower amount on 5GHz range and I used inSSIDer to check to see who else is on 5GHz with their router in my area. Nobody ).
Any help is greatly appreciated!
For example, in his test/review of the Netgear Nighthawk, Tim shows 240Mbps'ish download and upload speeds on the 5GHz range.
I purchased a Netgear Nighthawk and tested this by using 2 laptops to transfer a 4.5GB file locally across my wifi network. I only got approximately 1/3 the speed shown in the benchmark here on SNB (about 85Mbps).
My environment is a Lenovo X1 Carbon pulling the file from my 2014 13" macbook pro (so I believe that's a 2x2 nic in the X1 and a 3x3 nic in the mbp). Both on the 5GHz range and both approximately 4 feet from the router with no obstructions between them.
I played with some of the settings on the router (changing the 5GHz channels mostly) but, nothing seemed to change the results much. So I'm curious if this is expected because of real world interference (though in theory, it should be lower amount on 5GHz range and I used inSSIDer to check to see who else is on 5GHz with their router in my area. Nobody ).
Any help is greatly appreciated!