Max speed between WIFI Pro and Pro Extender

[Ewan15]

Could anyone let me know what is the maximum speed between the two Pro devices over WIFI?

Turns out the built in cable I was using to the office was a BT CW1308, which I can get up to 1 GBPS out of with Smart Hub Plus. However the Pro Router will only give 100 mbps as it is very sensitive to the crosstalk. 

So I was thinking of siting the Pro near the ONT downstairs at the front and siting the extender in the office and using its LAN to connect up the devices in my office upstairs at the back of the house.

Before you say why don't you try it, I brought both off a certain auction site and don't want to open the extender by breaking the seals, as it is not really necessary if I go though the pain of running a new cable as I can just relist it as brand new.

(Overall cheaper and faster than going through EE Sales / New Gen - took three days to get them. I am stuck on 900 mbps and don't want to pay an extra £10 pcm)

[JimM11]

@Ewan15 If it's the cable spec that's low and does not like the 2.5Gb/s port speed between both then couple of 1Gb/s TP-Link switches in between both and you are up at the Gb/s speed at least. Will only cost you £20-30 from amazon, keep of that 2nd hand site for those. And you should be able to hold that kind of wired backhaul.

[Mustrum]

Most mesh systems indicate speeds available between nodes, but I cant find anywhere EE quoting them. 

But depending on conditions it should be higher than 1Gb and as high as 10Gb

That said, a decent Cat6/7/8 cable would be a good long term investment and mean you can have the router where it best meets your needs.

[Ewan15]

@JimM11  The cable in question is plugged into the ONT and runs into my office. I know if I stick a switch in between the Cable and the Router WAN port it will boost the signal sufficiently to get to 1gbps.

However, my question was having noticed how good the ariels are on the Pro Router, which when sited on the ground floor will give me 500mbps on the top floor and 900mbps on the first floor, do I need to go through the pain of replacing the Cable from the ONT to the office or could I just site the Pro extender in the office and use the Lan ports to drive the non wifi stuff?

What speed do you get between the two devices over WIFI? I assume the theoretical maximum would be around 1.25gbps?

I have read that introducing the extender causes issues.

[JimM11]

@Ewan15 It's a really simple answer, you will never beat a cable compared to wireless backhaul no matter what but it's free to try the wireless backhaul, and it is supposed to use the 6Ghz band dedicated, so give it a try. Speed test's are a pipe dream until you throw real throughput at the network you will not know, Internal is more important than external, you have zero control once it leaves the router. Already OP had issues with the smart wireless lan ports until he put on couple of 2.5Gb/s switches. Your choice!  Sorry Asus user, got a real router.

[Mustrum]

@JimM11   I would agree if it is proper data cable, and not the BT CW1308 internal telephone cable the OP is using. That is fine for voice calls, but not as an ethernet cable. @Ewan15  you ne ed to get rid of that cable, how you got 1000Mbps on your old router is hard to beleive.

[JimM11]

@Ewan15 Link to my Asus extender on wifi 5 from my pc, that speed is ok on internal.

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SSID: ??????????
Protocol: Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)
Security type: WPA2-Personal
Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
Description: Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9560 160MHz
Driver version: 22.120.0.3
Network band: 5 GHz
Network channel: 100
Link speed (Receive/Transmit): 1733/1733 (Mbps)
IPv6 address: 2a00:23c8:a45b:f100:XXXX:21a8:d376:XXXX
XXXX:4c15:XXXX::112
XXXX:4c15:XXXX:0:710e:61aa:932f:ecad
Link-local IPv6 address: fe80::XXXX:76d9:XXXX:XXXX%17
IPv4 address: 192.168.1.112
IPv4 DNS servers: 192.168.1.254 (Unencrypted)
Physical address (MAC): F4-D1-XX-55-17-XX

[Ewan15]

@Mustrum Yes both the BT SH2 and the Smart Hub Plus connected to the ONT giving around 1000mbps, however the Pro router will not unless I boost the connection by putting a GB switch between the router and the ONT.

@JimM11  Pro cost me £90 try getting a WIFI 7 router for that!. Already ordered quality cat 6a cable to replace it with, just a case of pulling it through the cavities 😫

[JimM11]

@Ewan15 The right way to go replacing the cable, at least you will have the highest speed on the backhaul, and should achieve the same speed if you check it on either the Router or the Smart Wireless node. And you are full on ready when you want to go wifi 7 device wise!

[JimM11]

@Ewan15 When you do your network connection in the office Ethernet to the smart wireless extender, if you run into any issues connecting up to the spare port with a 1Gb/s connection, if you see anything that is kind of off, then a previous OP posted that he had to put a 2.5Gb/s switch on the extender as it somehow did not like the lower speed nic attached, just heads up if you come across anything, those switches are still bit on the premium side unfortunately. Do keep the forum informed on how it's all going for you.👍