This isn’t strictly “homelab” related, but I’m not sure if there’s a better community to post it.
I’m curious what kind of real-world speeds everyone is getting over their wireless network. I was testing tonight, and I’m getting a max of 250Mbit down/up on my laptop. I have 4 Unifi APs, each set to 802.11ac/80Mhz, and my laptop supports 2x2 MIMO. Testing on my phone (Galaxy S23) gives basically the exact same result.
The radio spectrum around me is ideal for WiFi; on 5Ghz, there is no AP in close enough range for me to detect. With an 80Mhz channel width, I can space all 4 of my APs so that there’s no interference (using a non-DFS channel for testing, btw).
Am I wasting my time trying to chase higher speeds with my current setup? What kind of speeds are you getting on your WiFi network?
I get 700/500 on my Unifi U6 Enterprise (4x4 MIMO, 80 MHz, 5 GHz) and 500/500 on my Unifi AC Pro (3x3 MIMO, 80 MHz, 5 GHz).
Could probably get some more on 6 GHz but I never was able to get it to work properly.
What devices are you using that support 3x3? My APs are set to 3x3, but every device I have ever tried only connects at 2x2.
I don’t think any of my devices are using more than 2x2 either, that is just the maximum of the access points.
The speeds I get are on a Fairphone 5 with 2x2, at most a room with drywalls away.