{"id":283,"date":"2019-08-06T16:47:23","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T21:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/?p=283"},"modified":"2021-09-22T08:38:55","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T13:38:55","slug":"wi-fi-6-client-range-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/2019\/08\/06\/wi-fi-6-client-range-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"Wi-Fi 6 Access Point Client Speed at Range Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

To continue with my real world Wi-Fi 6 testing series with the EnGenius EWS377AP<\/a> I wanted to do some indoor speed at distance tests. I am testing actual throughput using a iperf client on a GbE wired desktop and a iperf server app on the smartphone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I first tested the Wi-Fi 6 Samsung Galaxy S10e I placed it 50 feet from the EWS377AP<\/a> the Wi-Fi was passing through several walls furniture etc here are the results. I saw average of 160Mbps with spikes to to 176Mbps. Plenty of throughput to stream netflix at 4k (25Mbps) or do just about anything else over Wi-Fi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next I wanted to see the difference with a Wi-Fi 5 client the iPhone Xs. I placed the iPhone in the same position an reran the throughput test. This time we averaged 150Mbps with spikes up to 159Mbps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So in real world distance testing a Wi-Fi 6 AP \/ Wi-Fi 6 Client edges out Wi-Fi 6 AP \/ Wi-Fi 5 client with a gain of ~10Mbps not as drastic as the 200Mbs difference we saw at 5 feet but still an improvement. And as we saw in our Wi-Fi 6 AP vs Wi-Fi 5 AP testing <\/a> having a Wi-Fi 6 AP like the EnGenius EWS377AP<\/a> can improve overall speed for all Wi-Fi devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To back up the Wi-Fi 6 AP testing I went back and did the same test with a Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) AP a 4×4 MIMO Ruckus R720. Here are the are the results at the same location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First I tested the Wi-Fi 5 client the iPhone Xs I was only able to average about 35Mbps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next I tested the Samsung Galaxy S10 the Wi-Fi 6 client this did better at 65Mbps average.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So in conclusion we see a big speed at range improvement with a Wi-Fi 6 AP even with a Wi-Fi 5 client we saw over 100Mbps throughput improvement over a similar Wi-Fi 5 AP!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To continue with my real world Wi-Fi 6 testing series with the EnGenius EWS377AP I wanted to do some indoor speed at distance tests. I am testing actual throughput using a iperf client on a GbE wired desktop and a iperf server app on the smartphone. I first tested the Wi-Fi 6 Samsung Galaxy S10e … <\/p>\n

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