I guess my heavy uploads would be coming from my cameras onlyIt depends on what you use Internet for. I have 500/30 and don't need QoS. No heavy uploaders or gamers around.
True, you work on your clients. And if you're client gets adequate download speeds, you may never notice the speed at the router. As you note, a client doesn't measure the speed at the router. It measures its speed at its interface with the network. If you pay for 1gbps internet service and you're running a 100mb switch, your client can only measure a top speed of 100mbs -- which is fine for almost all applications. If you have multiple switches and 50 clients on such a network and you're getting slow speeds at some of the clients, where do measure from? You can check every client, every switch, or you can carry a computer to the network shed, unlock the network shed, plug into the router and then plug it into the modem - or you can measure the speed at the router from any of the 50 clients or from the comforts of your office. If the speed at the router looks funny, you can remotely re-boot it.Not the best way, if you need to turn off router features to get somewhat accurate measurements between your router and ISP. You don't "work" on the router, but on the clients. Test what speed the clients get - wired or wireless. This is the important part for you.
As you note, a client doesn't measure the speed at the router.
or you can measure the speed at the router from any of the 50 clients or from the comforts of your office
The devices mainly seem to stay the same, but it's hard to be sure because of the wifi fluctuations...
Thanks, but the wireless clients' speed does not seem to be a reliable test as they constantly change. And I can't wire a pc unless I go out and buy one.. we just have two Mac laptops without Ethernet ports.
I'm curious about how the router's internal Speedtest works, and whether the fact that the AiProtection function causes slower internal results has any effect on the real speed delivered from the router.
Perhaps it's because of other wifi traffic at same time, or other things working at same time on the laptop, but no two tests ever come out the same.I would be concerned about 'wireless client speed tests constantly changing'... a wireless Mac ought to yield steady speed test results if the router speed test results are steady.
Yes, I'm probably a little too obsessed with the speed having just had the fttp installed...! I expect to care a little less very soon, given that even at the 'lower' router speed all the devices seem to be getting above 500 each. Key thing, I guess, is that without AiProtection I am seeing close to 900, so at least I know that I'm getting what I paid for from the provider. As for the Aiprotection, I'll monitor what it catches over the next few weeks, and then decide whether to stick with it. Views on this forum seem mixed (and people seem to have very strong views!)AiProtection does affect maximum speeds, but higher than 550Mbps. Perhaps about 750Mbps on Gigabit line. This is what the hardware can do. You have to decide what's more important for you - speed or eventual added security. In real life it doesn't matter if you get 500Mbps or 900Mbps to your clients, unless you constantly download large files from Internet. This speed testing obsession goes away over time.
and then decide whether to stick with it.
Perhaps it's because of other wifi traffic at same time, or other things working at same time on the laptop, but no two tests ever come out the same.
Yes, I'm probably a little too obsessed with the speed having just had the fttp installed...! I expect to care a little less very soon, given that even at the 'lower' router speed all the devices seem to be getting above 500 each. Key thing, I guess, is that without AiProtection I am seeing close to 900, so at least I know that I'm getting what I paid for from the provider. As for the Aiprotection, I'll monitor what it catches over the next few weeks, and then decide whether to stick with it. Views on this forum seem mixed (and people seem to have very strong views!)
With aiprotection in you will see a small drop in bandwidth. However it isn't the 400+ drop shown by the internal speed test. As previously mentioned, the internal speed test isn't accurate when running traffic monitor and ai protect.This is all very interesting to follow, and perhaps the good folk here can help me understand something:
I have the RT-AX88U with the latest stock firmware, and have just been moved onto FTTP 900. My household computers are all Macs with no ethernet ports, so the only device based testing I can do is by wifi - I get anything from 550-800 depending on device and room, which seems fine. On the internal router speedtest, after checking a few servers and discovering that the best one was not the closest, I can now see speeds of around 850-910, which also seems fine. I'd like to use Aiprotection, on the assumption that it does add some security (but I don't use QoS). But when I have AiProtection on, the internal speedtest drops to around 550 every time - I have checked multiple times, and always higher internal test result when aiprotection is off. The devices mainly seem to stay the same, but it's hard to be sure because of the wifi fluctuations...
My question is whether when I turn on aiprotection the speed is really dropping in a way which could affect the devices? Or is it just the result showing on the router that changes because of the aiprotection, but the actual speed it delivers to the house remains as high as before same?
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