Slow internet connections
Slow internet connections
Bell Gigabit Fibe is connected via ASUS RT-AC86U router. It runs on ASUS PCE-AC88 PCIe adapter. My router sits beside my PC in the room. Ethernet isn't an option here. Performance is decent—around 200–250 Mbps download, 700 Mbps upload. I’m hoping for at least 600 Mbps download speeds with Wi-Fi. My previous D-Link router offered higher speeds over longer distances, averaging 300–450 Mbps download.
Cheap routers often restrict data rates near gigabit ISP speeds. The built-in firewall, relying on CPU power, may throttle downloads during packet analysis.
If you're too close to the router (IE, like almost on top of it) then moving further away by just a bit makes sense. There is a "dead-zone" area around wireless stuff that will either give you no or crappy throughput but it's usually very small. I assume you can't use ethernet because you don't have any ports on the router perhaps? If so, why not buy a 5-port gigabit switch for $20 and not worry about wifi?
The router is in your room but you haven't connected to Ethernet. What's going on?