Ran close to 100 speed tests in that configuration. Ran speed tests late in the night to reduce solar radiation interference and interference from household appliances such as microwave. This means good to excellent WiFi backhaul connectivity between Satellite and Main Deco.
#Wifi interference testing full#
Verified I have full three bars in Signal Source for Satellite Deco my wireless device is connected to. That means very little WiFi interference from neighbours. Found just one on 5GHz, with signal strength of -90 dBm (very weak). Used WiFi analyzer app to see what other WiFi networks reach my basement. The performance you experience depends on the devices, WiFi interference. Moved Deco to basement of my house, with thick concrete walls, to add protection from external wireless interference.ĭIsabled 2.4GHz on Main Network to avoid Deco steering wireless device I run speedtest on away from 5GHz. An internet speed test measures the connection speed and quality of your.
What are the near perfect conditions you have achieved, may I ask? Any is how I ran speed tests on my Deco, to find the best it can do. Wi-Fi networks are mostly affected by wireless interference/EMI upon the occurrence of symptoms like intermittent connectivity or unexpected disconnections, delays in connection and. In both cases Deco is supposed to rescan area and move to a different less congested channel if it can find one. If you truly believe there are better WiFi channels than one Deco is using, run in Deco app "Network Optimization" or "Reboot All" Deco units. They will cost you, but this is the price of higher speeds. If you want speeds closer to gigabit on mobile devices that support WiFi6, you should consider X-series of Deco units, and only tri-band ones: X68 or X90. The Toms Hardware Wi-Fi testing is the first exhaustive industry evaluation of the impact of RF interference and high client capacities on new leading 802.11n products. In my tests I am getting WiFi speeds of 635Mbps on Main Deco M9 and 490Mbps on Satellite Deco M9. If you want better WiFi speeds from Deco mesh, you should replace M5 with M9 Plus. In my speed tests for Deco M5, in near perfect conditions I can set, I am getting top WiFi speeds of 460Mbps for Main and Satellite M5 wired to the Ethernet, 225Mbps for Satellite M5 connected wirelessly. I am thinking that if can I move my Deco mesh to a different channel, the outcome of the test won't change: that new channel will have high interference. While adjacent channels are interference-free, as nobody broadcasts on them. The testing and deployments conducted for this application note used Crossbows MICAz Zigbee-ready wireless Smart-Dust sensors and a Crossbow Stargate. When I look at chart in the test I see that my Deco 5GHz channel, which is currently 36 for my Deco mesh, is "clogged" by WiFi signal from Deco units all broadcasting on that channel, and nothing else. I ran it in my house, which gets only weak signals from neighbors' WiFi networks, and it also claimed high interference.
Would not trust that test in Deco lab app.