Boost Your WiFi Speed! Real World Test: WiFi 7 PCIe Card vs WiFi 5 & Ethernet

[@NaterTater]

TP-Link Archer TBE550E PCIe Card: amzn.to/48KjJvP Other TP-link and Mokerlink products I use at home: Indoor AP EAP670: amzn.to/48IsKVy Alternative smaller indoor AP: amzn.to/3ZMsNM3 Outdoor AP EAP650-Outdoor: amzn.to/3LQPGZ8 Mutli-WAN router ER707-M2: amzn.to/3tsI1tk Omada hardware contoller OC300: amzn.to/3F7CATi 8-port 2.5G POE switch: amzn.to/46kpFJO 5-port 2.5G POE switch: amzn.to/48KKP5u 2-port POE splitter: amzn.to/46iXeMp

[@jfkastner]

Interesting, thank you!

[@NaterTater]

@@jfkastner you're welcome!

[@GadgetReviewVideos]

If you really want to see the WiFi difference and test different bands/channels you can try installing iperf3 on your WiFi router or another wired system directly to your WiFi router. I run iperf3 on a Wifi router that’s running openWRT. It can help you tune that WiFi not only for internet speed but local network file transfers.

[@NaterTater]

@GadgetReviewVideos yes good point. I did actually play with that on my truenas server and it delivered nearly identical LAN wifi speed as just the simple SMB transfer I showed in the video.

[@izgoy-club]

Gigabits per second, not megabits per second - for the theoretical maximum on the Wi-Fi 7 card.

[@NaterTater]

@@izgoy-club what timestamp?

[@curtispavlovec]

Wire up that desktop. WiFi 7 is nice but it has limited range and will never be as fast nor stable as the Ethernet. The prices on WiFi 7 APs and routers are criminal as well…

[@NaterTater]

@curtispavlovec I would've agreed with you before this test but I had ethernet ran over the floor as a test and then this wifi 7 (or 6E based on my AP) and saw no difference in speed, stability or ping! Easy choice for me to stay wireless.

[@jamesm568]

All I know is 2.4 gigahertz is absolutely useless except for using smart devices with. I still believe in antennas and cheap Wi-Fi routers do not perform better than $400 routers.

[@NaterTater]

@jamesm568 yes 2.4ghz is often much slower than 5ghz. Especially so on tp-link omada mesh for some reason like mine.

[@jamesm568]

@NaterTater I have the TP-Link Archer AXE300 as that is the best router I have ever owned and can handle over 8 plus wireless security cameras streaming 24/7 without having to reboot every week.