topic Re: Realistic 5Ghz speed of 'one-hop' mesh unleashed R310 in Unleashed

Realistic 5Ghz speed of 'one-hop' mesh unleashed R310

jan_willem_henn — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 07:59:19 GMT

Hi,

My ISP has a max download of 300 Mbit.

The R310 Unleashed (5Ghz) has a max throughput of 867 Mbit.

I have one location where a wired connection seems unrealistic.

What will be the realistic max speed to be achieved on the R310 unleashed, when meshing 1 hop?

If speed will be reduced by half (meshing), will it be realistic to expect the speed to be above 300 mbit (if coverage is high enough)? Or will you realistically never get those results?

Re: Realistic 5Ghz speed of 'one-hop' mesh unleashed R310

eizens_putnins — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 12:03:31 GMT

R310 doesn't support mesh at all.

Anyway, 867Mbps is max rate, not real throughput. On short distance, with devices supporting mesh (say R510) you can get 300 Mbps link throughput. If meshed AP will serve clients on same radio, speedtest will be somewhere a half of that, probably.

Hope it helps.

Re: Realistic 5Ghz speed of 'one-hop' mesh unleashed R310

DarrelRhodes — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 12:12:30 GMT

Hi Jan,

Firstly R310 (and R300 and R320) do not support Mesh.

You also need to be aware that the 867Mbps is a Wi-Fi data-rate, this is number does not reflect the actual real-world TCP (or UDP) data throughput you will achieve.

On average, Wi-Fi is 45-50% effcient, so if you are able to configure an 80MHz channel width and be close enough to the AP, with a sufficient SNR, to achieve MCS9 (867Mbps) data-rate then you would see a TCP/UDP throughput of approximately 400Mbps.

Even with Mesh-capable APs e.g. R510, you would be unlikely to achieve such a high data rate unless the APs are in close proximity and with clear line of sight.

My personal advice would be to investigate using non-Wi-Fi PowerLine adaptors and connecting your R310 in to one of these.

Good luck,

Darrel.

Re: Realistic 5Ghz speed of 'one-hop' mesh unleashed R310

jan_willem_henn — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 12:31:25 GMT

@darrel_rhodes The Powerline adapters is a great tip Darrel, thanks a lot! Will look into it!

Re: Realistic 5Ghz speed of 'one-hop' mesh unleashed R310

rsullivan — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 12:38:18 GMT

You lose about 50% data rate off a meshed backhaul AP. I like to setup a Libre Speed Test server (https://librespeed.org) local on the network via NAS, Docker, or RPi to test speeds off different AP's and clients. This helps validate speeds and rules out the internet and ISP speed limitations.

Re: Realistic 5Ghz speed of 'one-hop' mesh unleashed R310

hayward_kong — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 16:55:32 GMT

Other better options if you have Coaxial running throughout the house would be MOCA adapters.... Powerline adapters are the last possible options.

Re: Realistic 5Ghz speed of 'one-hop' mesh unleashed R310

jan_willem_henn — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 22:34:36 GMT

Thnx, great tip!

Re: Realistic 5Ghz speed of 'one-hop' mesh unleashed R310

pyro_guy — Sun, 18 Apr 2021 17:19:46 GMT

Ruckus AP's have speedflex testing built in. You can download the mobile app and test to the IP of your different AP's or Zone director to test your internal network speeds.