Weapons-grade home WiFi suggestions

[Harpoon]

simonwhite2000 said:

Ethernet cable arrived. A hardwired test plugged into the router gave the following;
Ping 14 Download 79.95 Upload 92.46

This is on Voda 900 and is via ethernet to the router. Shocking. I have raised a formal complaint with Voda.

What units are those speeds? Megabytes/second or Megabits/second?

When connecting the device to the router via cable, what speed was the Ethernet port reporting it's connected at?

[simonwhite2000]

silentbrown said:

Brainpox said:

What ethernet cable did you buy? Cat 5 is limited to 100Mb, Cat 5e goes to gigabit

5 is not certified beyond 100mb, but will typically handle gigabit speeds with no issues. The router can't tell what kind of cable you're using...

Is the Linksys Vodafone-supplied? I assume it's directly connected to the ONT, rather than through another unit.

Some routers can run a speed test internally via the web UI. Worth seeing what that gives.

Edited by silentbrown on Wednesday 24th September 09:09

No the Linksys isnt Voda supplied. The Voda router was dreadful on wifi so I bought the linksys atlas pro 6 ax5400

[silentbrown]

simonwhite2000 said:

No the Linksys isnt Voda supplied. The Voda router was dreadful on wifi so I bought the linksys atlas pro 6 ax5400

Vodafone may ask you to test with their router, which is annoying. You should be able to just disable WiFi in theirs and use the Linksys purely as a WiFi system though.

[dmsims]

simonwhite2000 said:

No the Linksys isnt Voda supplied. The Voda router was dreadful on wifi so I bought the linksys atlas pro 6 ax5400

So what wired speed do you get with the Voda router ?

[Blown2CV]

dmsims said:

simonwhite2000 said:

No the Linksys isnt Voda supplied. The Voda router was dreadful on wifi so I bought the linksys atlas pro 6 ax5400

So what wired speed do you get with the Voda router ?

they guy already said.

[Blown2CV]

there are only a limited number of variables. From what you've said the things you have not yet checked are BT / external infra, and the cable between the router and the wall. Don't disregard the latter, I have had this issue myself personally before.

[Harpoon]

What external infrastructure is there an end-user can check on a FTTP service? I'd also expect Openreach to bounce any contact straight to Vodafone as the service provider.

OP - can you confirm the Ethernet port speed reported on the PC / laptop used for the direct router speed test? The speeds quoted above (Download 79.95 Upload 92.46) could indicate a 100Mbps connection if they are Megabits but on the other hand, if that's Megabytes/second, then that equates to 739 Megabits/second so closer to the 900Mbps advertised speed.

Likewise, do any of the routers you have report the speed of the router WAN port to be 1Gbps (or higher)?

[dmsims]

Blown2CV said:

dmsims said:

simonwhite2000 said:

No the Linksys isnt Voda supplied. The Voda router was dreadful on wifi so I bought the linksys atlas pro 6 ax5400

So what wired speed do you get with the Voda router ?

they guy already said.

Where ?

[silentbrown]

Blown2CV said:

they guy already said.

Pretty sure those are with his Linksys gear. "Voda 900" is his ISP package, not the router.

[Blown2CV]

dmsims said:

Blown2CV said:

dmsims said:

simonwhite2000 said:

No the Linksys isnt Voda supplied. The Voda router was dreadful on wifi so I bought the linksys atlas pro 6 ax5400

So what wired speed do you get with the Voda router ?

they guy already said.

Where ?

literally says at the top of this page?

[dmsims]

Blown2CV said:

literally says at the top of this page?

Do you mean this ?

simonwhite2000 said:

Ethernet cable arrived. A hardwired test plugged into the router gave the following;
Ping 14 Download 79.95 Upload 92.46

This is on Voda 900 and is via ethernet to the router. Shocking. I have raised a formal complaint with Voda.

[Blown2CV]

dmsims said:

Blown2CV said:

literally says at the top of this page?

Do you mean this ?

simonwhite2000 said:

Ethernet cable arrived. A hardwired test plugged into the router gave the following;
Ping 14 Download 79.95 Upload 92.46

This is on Voda 900 and is via ethernet to the router. Shocking. I have raised a formal complaint with Voda.

.....yes....

[dmsims]

Go and read the thread again

[biggiles]

Generally a result of "just under 100mbps" in both directions makes it very likely it's a 100mbps link somewhere. Hopefully easy to find, and then easy to fix.

[Blown2CV]

Blown2CV said:

dmsims said:

Blown2CV said:

dmsims said:

simonwhite2000 said:

No the Linksys isnt Voda supplied. The Voda router was dreadful on wifi so I bought the linksys atlas pro 6 ax5400

So what wired speed do you get with the Voda router ?

they guy already said.

Where ?

literally says at the top of this page?

that is the wired speed... what are you talking about. He bought a wire and connected it directly to a laptop from the router. What is your issue?

[RizzoTheRat]

Blown2CV said:

Blown2CV said:

dmsims said:

Blown2CV said:

dmsims said:

simonwhite2000 said:

No the Linksys isnt Voda supplied. The Voda router was dreadful on wifi so I bought the linksys atlas pro 6 ax5400

So what wired speed do you get with the Voda router ?

they guy already said.

Where ?

literally says at the top of this page?

that is the wired speed... what are you talking about. He bought a wire and connected it directly to a laptop from the router. What is your issue?

Vodafone provided a router with his service, the OP has swapped it for a Linksys router. He's getting <100Mbps with an ethernet connection to the Linksys router, another poster suggested he try it with the Vodafone provided router instead of the Linksys router to see if the issue is the router.

[Blown2CV]

he's getting the same results for both routers, virtually.

[RizzoTheRat]

Blown2CV said:

he's getting the same results for both routers, virtually.

I read it as he's disconnected the Vodafone one and put the Linksys in it's place, but could also be read as it's switched the voda's wifi off and plugged the linksys in to the voda and using the linksys for wifi, which I assume is how you're interpreting it?

If the latter then it's worth checking that either the Voda is in passthrough mode, or the Linksys is in access point mode. If they're both trying to act as routers its "double NATing" which might mean it's slowing things down.

[Brainpox]

silentbrown said:

Brainpox said:

What ethernet cable did you buy? Cat 5 is limited to 100Mb, Cat 5e goes to gigabit

5 is not certified beyond 100mb, but will typically handle gigabit speeds with no issues. The router can't tell what kind of cable you're using...

Is the Linksys Vodafone-supplied? I assume it's directly connected to the ONT, rather than through another unit.

Some routers can run a speed test internally via the web UI. Worth seeing what that gives.

Edited by silentbrown on Wednesday 24th September 09:09

Technically true but I've had 2m cat 5 cables stuck at 100Mbps so worth asking the question (pity there was no answer)

[simonwhite2000]

Vodafone CEO office called me back, the tests they have carried out show an issue at the ONT which is likely why the speed is slow. Frustratingly they have asked me to reboot the router tonight, leave it an hour, then carry out a speed test.

I explained I have already tried rebooting the router but they insist I do it again before moving to other potential options tomorrow. At least they acknowledge a fault.