Help plox, wifi AP problems

Sinbad

Sinbad

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So I have a wifi AP/router/firewall thing. It seems to have all the features and stuff. Most of which I don't use, cos I only use it as an AP.
It's supposedly 450N and all that goodness - http://www.intellinet-network.com/wireless-450n-dual-band-gigabit-router

My problem is, it seems all the associated clients are only allocated 20mb of bandwidth each.
QoS is disabled.

Anyone have any idea how I can make it go faster?
 
You should check inside the settings for something called "Rate-limiting" or "traffic shaping" and disable it.

And is the 20mbps restriction only on internet traffic, or is it on your local network traffic as well? If the restriction seems to only apply to internet traffic, could it be that you have 20mbps internet connection?

Lastly, does the restriction apply just to wireless connections, or LAN connections as well? What are the transfer speeds if you connect a PC to one of the LAN ports on the AP?
 
Saajid said:
You should check inside the settings for something called "Rate-limiting" or "traffic shaping" and disable it.

And is the 20mbps restriction only on internet traffic, or is it on your local network traffic as well? If the restriction seems to only apply to internet traffic, could it be that you have 20mbps internet connection?

Lastly, what are the transfer speeds if you connect a PC to the LAN ports on the AP?
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QoS is disabled, as I said.
The 20mb is on all traffic. When I look at "Associated clients" on the wifi config page, they all have "20M" under the Bandwidth column.
I don't have a 20mb internet connection.
Wired clients get 1Gb throughput on the LAN.
 
Sinbad said:
QoS is disabled, as I said.
The 20mb is on all traffic. When I look at "Associated clients" on the wifi config page, they all have "20M" under the Bandwidth column.
I don't have a 20mb internet connection.
Wired clients get 1Gb throughput on the LAN.
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QoS, traffic shaping and rate-limiting are 3 seperate things, though there is some overlap in what they do. Those settings might be found under a different page away from QoS. And if there isn't another page for these settings, try re-enabling QoS and leaving it on default settings.

Also, have you tried factory resetting the AP? That might solve your problem. And if that doesn't work, check if there is a firmware upgrade for your AP, and install/apply it, and then test again.

Edit: please send some screenshots of the QoS page and wireless clients page.
 
Saajid said:
QoS, traffic shaping and rate-limiting are 3 seperate things, though there is some overlap in what they do. Those settings might be found under a different page away from QoS. And if there isn't another page for these settings, try re-enabling QoS and leaving it on default settings.

Also, have you tried factory resetting the AP? That might solve your problem. And if that doesn't work, check if there is a firmware upgrade for your AP, and install/apply it, and then test again.
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Hi
Thanks for the ideas.

It is on latest firmware, confirmed that already.
I looked hard,couldn't find any suggestion of rate limiting or shaping anywhere except on the QoS page.

I'm logging a support call with the manufacturer, will see what they say before I go doing a factory reset.
 
Sinbad said:
Hi
Thanks for the ideas.

It is on latest firmware, confirmed that already.
I looked hard,couldn't find any suggestion of rate limiting or shaping anywhere except on the QoS page.

I'm logging a support call with the manufacturer, will see what they say before I go doing a factory reset.
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OK cool. Good luck.

On the QoS page, even though QoS itself is disabled, are there perhaps some QoS rules already configured? If there are, re-enable QoS, then delete all the specific rules, and then test again. Then disable QoS and test again.

Sounds to me like there is a bug in the firmware. If you are already on the latest firmware, you could try rolling back to 1 version earlier, if that is possible.
 
Saajid said:
OK cool. Good luck.

On the QoS page, even though QoS itself is disabled, are there perhaps some QoS rules already configured? If there are, re-enable QoS, then delete all the specific rules, and then test again. The disable QoS and test again.

Sounds to me like there is a bug in the firmware. If you are already on the latest firmware, you could try rolling back to 1 version earlier, if that is possible.
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Never had QoS enabled, had tried enabling and disabling anyway, no joy.
Still awaiting feedback from manufacturer.
 
Sinbad said:
Never had QoS enabled, had tried enabling and disabling anyway, no joy.
Still awaiting feedback from manufacturer.
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Please keep me updated on what they say, and if/how you resolve the problem. I'm keen to know what the real story is here.
 
Saajid said:
Please keep me updated on what they say, and if/how you resolve the problem. I'm keen to know what the real story is here.
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Me too.

This AP has been sitting in my roof for a couple years, I'd actually forgotten about the spec of it. I just noticed that speed tests when associated with my mikrotik were ~80mb/s and only 20mb/s when on the other side of the house (that this one serves).
So I started poking around, and what I see in the "bandwidth" column is consistent with the performance I see, but very inconsistent with the spec of the AP.

Will definitely update as I get news.
 
Enable the 5Ghz channel if you have receivers for this. Put in n mode
2.4GHz put in wireless n mode
Use an app and scan what channels are free in your area - switch to free channels for 2.4 and 5 antennas
Switch off all QoS as your mikrotik is handling that as the router
Modulation of both wireless in 64QAM
Make sure there is just the one SSID
See if youo can switch 5GHz into 40MHz mode
 
DJ... said:
Enable the 5Ghz channel if you have receivers for this. Put in n mode
2.4GHz put in wireless n mode
Use an app and scan what channels are free in your area - switch to free channels for 2.4 and 5 antennas
Switch off all QoS as your mikrotik is handling that as the router
Modulation of both wireless in 64QAM
Make sure there is just the one SSID
See if youo can switch 5GHz into 40MHz mode
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done, done, done, done, done, done, done.
 
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Sinbad said:
QoS is disabled, as I said.
The 20mb is on all traffic. When I look at "Associated clients" on the wifi config page, they all have "20M" under the Bandwidth column.
I don't have a 20mb internet connection.
Wired clients get 1Gb throughput on the LAN.
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That bandwidth is not maybe the channel width? 20MHz? I assume this AP is connected to the Mikrotik with a LAN cable?
 
furpile said:
That bandwidth is not maybe the channel width? 20MHz? I assume this AP is connected to the Mikrotik with a LAN cable?
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Could be I guess. But it doesn't say mhz.. just 20M.
And the heading is definitely "bandwidth", and the speedtest confirms 20mb.

It is connected via a gigabit link, yes. Other devices on the gigabit ports on this AP (eg, my NAS) get 1gb to all other wired devices on the network.
 
Sinbad said:
Could be I guess. But it doesn't say mhz.. just 20M.
And the heading is definitely "bandwidth", and the speedtest confirms 20mb.

It is connected via a gigabit link, yes. Other devices on the gigabit ports on this AP (eg, my NAS) get 1gb to all other wired devices on the network.
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These AP config pages are usually not very descriptive of what they are showing :). Have you done speedtests with different devices over the wifi? Or try and copy file across your local network?
 
Sinbad said:
Could be I guess. But it doesn't say mhz.. just 20M.
And the heading is definitely "bandwidth", and the speedtest confirms 20mb.

It is connected via a gigabit link, yes. Other devices on the gigabit ports on this AP (eg, my NAS) get 1gb to all other wired devices on the network.
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Need to see PC connection wifi stats here...

FYI, 20Mbps is not a standard wifi throughput rate and would fluctuate a bit if it was that low. I suspect you're seeing channel width here...
 
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