Hi all, its been a while since I posted here, but I got a lot of great information off this site before when I was purchasing my Netgear R7000 and using DD-WRT/Tomato. This project however is at my parents house, a different property. I learnt a lot about networking through my time here before, but I by no means an expert!
I have recently upgraded to fibre 70/20Mbps at home and I've been getting mixed results with the bundled ISP modem/router.
Its a new router called the Plusnet Hub One (otherwise BT Home Hub 5) - Its manufactured by Sagemcom for the UK BT and Plusnet fibre services.
I have a problem mainly with my laptop and its Intel Wireless AC 7260 card that I have trying to get to the bottom of. With wireless AC the speed is actually lower than when connected to wireless N, tests performed of course directly next to the router.
I took transfer tests with a connected USB 3 flash drive, but the hardware of the router limits to USB 2 speeds. I understand the USB speeds are probably a bigger bottleneck than my internet speed, but I thought I'd test it for thoroughness.
Wireless AC:

Wireless N:

I've used the laptop with my access point and a different router too (Asus AC52 and Netgear R7000) and they don't have these speed problems. I even checked windows settings to be sure and the laptop card does say its connected at 866Mbps and I know thats only a "link" speed, but still, surely it shouldn't bottleneck my connection right next to the router and be slower than wireless N connecting at 144Mbps?
Also I thought I would add that when wired, my speed comes to 65Mbps.
Things I have tried:
Can anyone offer any advice or should I just resign this router/modem to just a modem and purchase a better router?
Thanks for any help!
I have recently upgraded to fibre 70/20Mbps at home and I've been getting mixed results with the bundled ISP modem/router.
Its a new router called the Plusnet Hub One (otherwise BT Home Hub 5) - Its manufactured by Sagemcom for the UK BT and Plusnet fibre services.
PlusNet Sagemcom Hub One Fibre Wireless ASDL2/VDSL2 Modem Router Self-Install
Features:
• VDSL Support (No need for an Openreach Modem for FTTC)
• Dual band Wi-Fi
• Wireless AC
• Supports WPS for easy Wi-Fi setup
• Gigabit Ethernet (up to 1000Mbps wired)
• Built in help flows in the router user interface to help if the customer has a connection problem.
• Will be used for new Plusnet Fibre customers
• Fits through the customers letter box
• USB port for connecting storage drive
• Automatic setup, no need to enter customer details on first connection
Tech Specs:
• Supports PPPoA, PPPoE, VDSL and WAN Ethernet
• 4 x RJ45 10/100/1000Mbps LAN Ethernet ports
• 1 x RJ45 10/100/1000Mbps WAN Ethernet port
• 1 x USB 2.0 port
• Wireless 802.11b/g/n/ac (Dual band – 2.4GHz and 5GHz)
• Supports same SSID across 2.4GHz and 5GHz wireless bands (Default), offers option to change these individually
• Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) support
• Automatic channel selection on 2.4GHz and 5GHZ wireless bands
• Wireless Encryption (2.4GHZ): WPA2 (Default), WPA, WEP 64/40
• Wireless Encryption (5GHz): WPA2
• Wireless Channel operation (2.4GHz): 20MHz (Default), 40MHz
• Wireless Channel operation (5GHz): 80MHz (Default), 40MHz
• Power management – Hub functions are monitored and individually put into power save mode when not in use
• Dynamic DNS support
• IPv6 support
• UPnP Support
Features:
• VDSL Support (No need for an Openreach Modem for FTTC)
• Dual band Wi-Fi
• Wireless AC
• Supports WPS for easy Wi-Fi setup
• Gigabit Ethernet (up to 1000Mbps wired)
• Built in help flows in the router user interface to help if the customer has a connection problem.
• Will be used for new Plusnet Fibre customers
• Fits through the customers letter box
• USB port for connecting storage drive
• Automatic setup, no need to enter customer details on first connection
Tech Specs:
• Supports PPPoA, PPPoE, VDSL and WAN Ethernet
• 4 x RJ45 10/100/1000Mbps LAN Ethernet ports
• 1 x RJ45 10/100/1000Mbps WAN Ethernet port
• 1 x USB 2.0 port
• Wireless 802.11b/g/n/ac (Dual band – 2.4GHz and 5GHz)
• Supports same SSID across 2.4GHz and 5GHz wireless bands (Default), offers option to change these individually
• Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) support
• Automatic channel selection on 2.4GHz and 5GHZ wireless bands
• Wireless Encryption (2.4GHZ): WPA2 (Default), WPA, WEP 64/40
• Wireless Encryption (5GHz): WPA2
• Wireless Channel operation (2.4GHz): 20MHz (Default), 40MHz
• Wireless Channel operation (5GHz): 80MHz (Default), 40MHz
• Power management – Hub functions are monitored and individually put into power save mode when not in use
• Dynamic DNS support
• IPv6 support
• UPnP Support
I have a problem mainly with my laptop and its Intel Wireless AC 7260 card that I have trying to get to the bottom of. With wireless AC the speed is actually lower than when connected to wireless N, tests performed of course directly next to the router.
I took transfer tests with a connected USB 3 flash drive, but the hardware of the router limits to USB 2 speeds. I understand the USB speeds are probably a bigger bottleneck than my internet speed, but I thought I'd test it for thoroughness.
Wireless AC:

Wireless N:

I've used the laptop with my access point and a different router too (Asus AC52 and Netgear R7000) and they don't have these speed problems. I even checked windows settings to be sure and the laptop card does say its connected at 866Mbps and I know thats only a "link" speed, but still, surely it shouldn't bottleneck my connection right next to the router and be slower than wireless N connecting at 144Mbps?
Also I thought I would add that when wired, my speed comes to 65Mbps.
Things I have tried:
- I've tried changing the AC channel to something else and it doesn't help. Of course I made sure it was a different channel to my access point.
- I've tested the laptop with two other rourter/access point. Actually with my Asus AC52 range extender which is connected via a Homeplug and Giga Ethernet to the router it only connects at half speed 433Mpbs (I'm guessing because its not dual band) and it still beats the speed tests compared to a direct connection to the router.
- I wish I had a gigabit NAS to attach to the router and test with but I don't
I guess I could test with another laptop plugged into Ethernet.
Can anyone offer any advice or should I just resign this router/modem to just a modem and purchase a better router?
Thanks for any help!