Compare Wi-Fi performance together.
Compare Wi-Fi performance together.
Hello, I spent a lot of time on this, thinking it would be easy, but it's more complicated. I have two USB Wi-Fi adapters and I'm curious about their speed when swapping between them. Neither has a router installed. One is an ASUS USB-AC68 and the other a Netgear Nighthawk A7000. I'm testing this because I'm using outdated drivers for the AC68, while I'm using Edimax drivers or older versions for the Nighthawk (both share the same hardware Realtek 8814AU). It's frustrating since I bought a Samsung S20+ and with default drivers, the hotspot in the 5 GHz band isn't working. I had to search for hours to find drivers that let 5GHz operate. Now I'm trying to figure out which driver performs best. Since I need 1300Mbit devices but my connection is only 100Mbit, it's tough to judge. If I use the Samsung S20+ as a router, I can get up to 15-20 MB/s, which seems unrealistic. I tried Microsoft's near-device sharing feature, but it didn't work with my Windows version. The mhotspot option also failed to detect the virtual Wi-Fi device. Connectify didn't connect either. The netsh command showed that hosted networks aren't supported. Clearly, there must be a better way. If you can connect my computers via LAN or create virtual machines, it might help. Otherwise, I'm stuck. Please let me know how to proceed.
I rely on my phone for internet—it's quicker and more affordable in this area. The drivers work best with the wifi dongles. The weak signal issue is why I initially got larger wifi dongles.
No, I don’t see both adapters linked to a single PC. Would you like me to explain why that matters?
I have two computers, which means two Wi-Fi adapters, and I prefer not to use cables.
Use the phone directly through a USB cable for a tethered link, then set up a Wi-Fi hotspot on the connected computer.
These numbers represent the highest possible theoretical speeds for connections, assuming every device can handle them, simultaneous communication is possible, and planetary alignment is achieved. In reality, such speeds are unattainable.