Hello,

I guess I'll post my question here. I have tried 3 routers (2 DLinks and 1 Asus; latest) and all of the routers doesn't give me 500mbps WiFi speed when I connect to 802.11ac devices such as iPhone XS, 11in iPad Pro, 2016 MacBook Pro and etc.

The router in question is Asus AC86U and the best speed I ever get is 270mbps, in the same room and about 1m away from the router. If connect via ethernet, I am able to get 500mbps no problem.

Please advise, thanks.

80MHz, and really? Then what's the point of paying so much when even 1 meter in direct line of sight cannot get 500mbps?

Whoa whoa, chill people.

It's 5GHz at 80Mhz, and I called support and they did teamviewer, turns out it has to do with Speedtest with TM as the source only managing maximum at 250-300Mbps, but if you change to Extreme Broadband or ironically WeBe (which is under TM now right?), and you're able to get 500Mbps from those servers.

Oddly enough even Maxis only goes around 350 or so. Anyone else can clarify this?

Btw, I read that Repeater halves the speed, is it on the unit that the speed is half or the whole network (including those connected to the main unit) that network speed goes to half?

Thanks for the reply, but I wrote the update 6 posts before this. And it's 5GHz at 80Mhz

20/40/80Mhz but my device connects at the 80Mhz frequency, I can change it to 20 or 40 but I guess it'll limit my speed.

This post has been edited by wheelhot: Nov 21 2019, 01:48 PM

Hmm, anyone had problems with Asus router causing PS4 Wifi (2.4Ghz band) to show a disconnect notification but streaming seems to be unaffected by that notification?

My theory is, it disconnects, but instantly reconnect but as the stream has some streaming buffer. The main obvious issue is if you use YouTube App on your phone as remote to control YouTube PS4, once it disconnects, it cannot reconnect unless you close the YT PS4 app.

I did not have this issue with my old TP Link router nor the previous DLink router, so it feels it has something to do with the Asus RT86U router.

This post has been edited by wheelhot: Nov 30 2019, 12:07 PM