{"id":1226,"date":"2023-04-07T09:11:19","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T14:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/?p=1226"},"modified":"2023-04-07T11:47:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T16:47:17","slug":"test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/2023\/04\/07\/test\/","title":{"rendered":"Unscientific Throughput Testing of the Engenius ECW336"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ECW336-Throughput-1.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Embed of ECW336-Throughput-1..\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-13bad5dc-b6da-4c20-a044-f810a2234191\" href=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ECW336-Throughput-1.pdf\">ECW336-Throughput-1<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ECW336-Throughput-1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-13bad5dc-b6da-4c20-a044-f810a2234191\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p>\n  Unscientific Throughput Testing\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Engenius ECW336\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The following are results of simple throughput testing of the ECW336. The AP is installed in a fairly standard late 1960s stick built house in a 21&#215;24 foot room of the \u201cwalkout\u201d basement. The AP is 6.5 feet from the floor on the underside of a drywall box built over the house\u2019s central HVAC duct and a steel support I-beam.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-1-2-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"wp-image-1248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-1-2-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-1-2-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-1-2-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-1-2-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-1-2-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-1-2-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The AP\u2019s radio configuration, yes I know 40MHz on 2.4 is stupid, and like everyone else the 2.4 is trashed by neighbors and my own IoT devices (mainly Thread radios).\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"728\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-2-2-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"wp-image-1249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-2-2-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-2-2-300x85.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-2-2-1024x291.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-2-2-768x218.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-2-2-1536x437.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-2-2-2048x582.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  SSID configuration for the all clients test. The first two are on separate tagged VLANs, the last two are on the untagged VLAN.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"926\" height=\"408\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-3-2.jpeg\" class=\"wp-image-1251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-3-2.jpeg 926w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-3-2-300x132.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-3-2-768x338.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The clients used for throughput testing are:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n  <li>\n    2.4GHz Intel core i7 running Windows 10 with an Intel AX200 card locked to 2.4GHz\n  <\/li>\n  <li>\n    5GHz Apple MacBook Pro M1 14\u201d\n  <\/li>\n  <li>\n    6GHz Intel core i5 running Manjaro Linux with an Intel AX210\n  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n  The two Intel computers are in the corners of the room diagonal from each other, the Mac is on the arm of a couch a couple of feet from the third corner (the AP picture was taken over my shoulder sitting here).\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Each test (iperf3, OST) was done simultaneously on all three clients.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Iperf3 download test uses the following options -t 300 -O 4 -R \u2014forceflush Iperf3 Bi-directional uses -t 300 \u2014bidir \u2014forceflush\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Iperf3 UDP test was done throwing -PX and -b XXM combinations on the client until the lost packets was &lt;20% or the throughput showed no gain in a short test. Then that command line was ran for -t 300\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  OpenSpeedTest used the ?s=l option (5 minute download, 5 minute upload)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  This first set is what we will call the \u201cMarketing\u201d results. The AP was configured for a single SSID on the default VLAN with only these three clients on it. Each client had their own wired computer for the iperf3 server.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  2.4GHz\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-4-2-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"wp-image-1252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-4-2-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-4-2-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-4-2-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-4-2-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-4-2-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-4-2-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  5GHz\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1118\" height=\"672\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-5-2.jpeg\" class=\"wp-image-1253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-5-2.jpeg 1118w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-5-2-300x180.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-5-2-1024x615.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-5-2-768x462.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  6GHz\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-6-2-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"wp-image-1254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-6-2-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-6-2-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-6-2-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-6-2-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-6-2-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-6-2-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Not too shabby. Yes you can make things faster (better \u201cservers\u201d, optimized placements of the clients\/AP), but the entire point of this exercise is not to make it a \u201clab\u201d test, but a test in an average installation.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The next set of tests is where we are getting into the \u201creal world\u201d this set has the AP serving the entire house (~30 some clients spread across the radios) with most of the clients just percolating along idle (there was one Sonos zone streaming music and some web browsing, nothing real intense). For these tests I went with a single server using a 10Gbe adapter providing iperf3 endpoints on different IP ports and hosting the OST server.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In order 2.4GHz, 5GHz, 6GHz. iperf3 down, OST, iperf3 \u2014bidir, iperf3 UDP.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1472\" height=\"2136\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-7-1.png\" class=\"wp-image-1255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-7-1.png 1472w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-7-1-207x300.png 207w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-7-1-706x1024.png 706w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-7-1-768x1114.png 768w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-7-1-1059x1536.png 1059w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-7-1-1411x2048.png 1411w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/>\n<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"805\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-8-1.png\" class=\"wp-image-1256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-8-1.png 805w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-8-1-300x239.png 300w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-8-1-768x612.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1889\" height=\"1083\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-9-1.jpeg\" class=\"wp-image-1257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-9-1.jpeg 1889w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-9-1-300x172.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-9-1-1024x587.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-9-1-768x440.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-9-1-1536x881.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/>\n<p>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-10-1-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"wp-image-1258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-10-1-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-10-1-300x161.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-10-1-1024x549.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-10-1-768x412.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-10-1-1536x823.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-10-1-2048x1098.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1170\" height=\"848\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-11.jpeg\" class=\"wp-image-1259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-11.jpeg 1170w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-11-300x217.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-11-1024x742.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-11-768x557.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/>\n<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1477\" height=\"1302\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-12.png\" class=\"wp-image-1260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-12.png 1477w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-12-300x264.png 300w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-12-1024x903.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-12-768x677.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1424\" height=\"1168\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-13.jpeg\" class=\"wp-image-1261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-13.jpeg 1424w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-13-300x246.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-13-1024x840.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-13-768x630.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/>\n<p>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"818\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-14.png\" class=\"wp-image-1262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-14.png 818w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-14-300x215.png 300w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-14-768x549.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1471\" height=\"1245\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-15.png\" class=\"wp-image-1263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-15.png 1471w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-15-300x254.png 300w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-15-1024x867.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-15-768x650.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  I found it VERY interesting that 6GHz bidirectional is able to get so close to Gbe with a fairly even split between up and down.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1484\" height=\"1164\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-16.jpeg\" class=\"wp-image-1264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-16.jpeg 1484w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-16-300x235.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-16-1024x803.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-16-768x602.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  I had to give the 6GHz UDP its very own page\u2026..\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"831\" height=\"1189\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-17.png\" class=\"wp-image-1265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-17.png 831w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-17-210x300.png 210w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-17-716x1024.png 716w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-17-768x1099.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Yes that is right, almost 2Gbps. In fact when I do that test without the other two beating on the server I have broken 2Gbps (just barely 2.03Gbps)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Now we are into the meat of things for all of the next tests I had some help with people doing \u201ceverything all at once\u201d, phones and tablets were streaming YouTube\/surfing the web, wifi connected computers and Nintendo switches were playing multiplayer games on the internet, 2 Apple TVs and 1 Roku TV were streaming 4k movies, all the Sonos zones were playing different playlists.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  First up the list of connected devices and their SNR\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"698\" height=\"1136\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-18.png\" class=\"wp-image-1266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-18.png 698w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-18-184x300.png 184w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-18-629x1024.png 629w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" \/>\n<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"1150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-19.png\" class=\"wp-image-1267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-19.png 720w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-19-188x300.png 188w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-19-641x1024.png 641w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"698\" height=\"60\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-20.png\" class=\"wp-image-1268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-20.png 698w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-20-300x26.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" \/>\n<p>\n  As you can see the ECW336 has a pretty good set of ears on it, most of these clients are on the floor above.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The order for this listing will be all the 2.4GHz, then 5GHz, then 6GHz tests.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1466\" height=\"1264\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-21.png\" class=\"wp-image-1269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-21.png 1466w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-21-300x259.png 300w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-21-1024x883.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-21-768x662.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1459\" height=\"1295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-22.png\" class=\"wp-image-1270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-22.png 1459w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-22-300x266.png 300w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-22-1024x909.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-22-768x682.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1559\" height=\"1160\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-23.jpeg\" class=\"wp-image-1271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-23.jpeg 1559w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-23-300x223.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-23-1024x762.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-23-768x571.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-23-1536x1143.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1150\" height=\"708\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-24.jpeg\" class=\"wp-image-1272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-24.jpeg 1150w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-24-300x185.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-24-1024x630.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-24-768x473.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2764\" height=\"3166\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-25.png\" class=\"wp-image-1273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-25.png 2764w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-25-262x300.png 262w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-25-894x1024.png 894w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-25-768x880.png 768w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-25-1341x1536.png 1341w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-25-1788x2048.png 1788w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The 5Ghz really took a hit, but that is to be expected with as many active clients and mixed types from 802.11n (newer Sonos), to non-standards compliant 802.11ac (Roku) on the AP all at once.\n<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"744\" height=\"638\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-26.png\" class=\"wp-image-1274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-26.png 744w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-26-300x257.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"834\" height=\"617\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-27.png\" class=\"wp-image-1275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-27.png 834w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-27-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-27-768x568.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/>\n<p>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1178\" height=\"840\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-28.jpeg\" class=\"wp-image-1276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-28.jpeg 1178w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-28-300x214.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-28-1024x730.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-28-768x548.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  During the OST tests I grabbed a screenshot of the switch\u2019s (ECS5512FP) live diagnostic screen showing the port going to the AP during each phase.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1125\" height=\"2436\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-29.png\" class=\"wp-image-1277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-29.png 1125w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-29-139x300.png 139w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-29-473x1024.png 473w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-29-768x1663.png 768w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-29-709x1536.png 709w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-29-946x2048.png 946w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1125\" height=\"2436\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-30.png\" class=\"wp-image-1278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-30.png 1125w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-30-139x300.png 139w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-30-473x1024.png 473w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-30-768x1663.png 768w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-30-709x1536.png 709w, https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/word-image-1226-30-946x2048.png 946w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  So there you have it, totally unscientific throughput tests of the ECW336.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  One thing to keep in the back of your mind is the fact that when using iperf\/OST to generate tra\ufb03c the AP has next to no chance to employ MU-MIMO\/OFDMA. While those features won\u2019t make a single client have a higher throughput they do make the AP\u2019s ethernet usage go way up so it is important that if you want full use of your 336 you do not hamstring it with only 2.5 or 1Gb switching.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Happy WiFi, T.C.O.A\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  EnGenius User group discord https:\/\/discord.gg\/KZPF6rhT72\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unscientific Throughput Testing Engenius ECW336 The following are results of simple throughput testing of the ECW336. The AP is installed in a fairly standard late 1960s stick built house in a 21&#215;24 foot room of the \u201cwalkout\u201d basement. The AP is 6.5 feet from the floor on the underside of a drywall box built over &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/2023\/04\/07\/test\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unscientific Throughput Testing of the Engenius ECW336&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[282],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wi-fi-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1226"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1280,"href":"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1226\/revisions\/1280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}