Nothing I can do about it with this router since I can't change anything and neither could the tech rep. Though my netbooks and iPhones have no apparent issue with 5 ghz.
I never use wi-fi on this laptop so it doesn't really matter to me.īut it does appear the router is using my single SSID for both the 2.4 ghz and 5 ghz band so maybe that has something to do with it. It uses channel 1 and gets around 30 mbps down and 11 up. If I disable ethernet on the main laptop and turn on wi-fi, the wi-fi speed is much slower since the laptop uses 802.11n and is on 2.4 ghz band.
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My main Windows 10 laptop which is ethernet wired to the modem gets 240 down, 11 up, slightly more/about the same as wifi netbooks/iPhones. The SS+ Roku which has 802.11ac appears to also be using 5 ghz (I don't see band listed anywhere) since it is using the same 44 channel and it can occasionally get higher speeds using this but more often then not is in the 15-30 mbps range. My iPhones which also use 802.11ac get the same. I was looking a little bit at my Windows 10 netbooks, which use 802.11ac Wi-Fi, and how they are connecting to the Spectrum router and it appears they are on the 5 GHZ band on channel 44 according to the properties.
I ordered another SS+ stick from Best Buy for living room tv. Spectrum should at least allow you to change the channel and bands. seeing 65-80 mbps but sometimes it drops to 17. All my other devices get 240 mbps on wifi.Īdded: I do get better speeds with the SS+ now. I did see on one check 80mbps on the SS+ on channel 44 but most of the checks yield 20mbps or less. I think I'm going to get a router (the better ones are not cheap) and play with the bands/channels until roku is getting better speed. He offered to send a tech to my house to see if he could get into the router but I told him that's not necessary. Seems like he has access to what I have access to which is changing the initial wifi SSID details. He was not able to create a second 5GHZ band SSID or anything. likely a quality of these latest advanced wireless routers. Ok so I spoke with a rep and he wasn't able to log into the router settings either which he said was unusual. 802.11ac, but also not sure if this will make a difference since it is so much slower on the one i have.
I guess there are other roku players (roku streaming stick?) that have a faster connection speed. There is a roku that has an ethernet connection but not sure if that will work better and it costs a lot more. everything else on Wi-Fi is getting ethernet-like speeds. I can't seem to log into the Wave 2 spectrum router. Just wondering if anyone has noticed this and what may be the issue. But the slower speed does seem unusual since I've read of many getting at least 50+ MBPS on it. I've noticed from time to time buffering issues or less than great PQ and other oddities and it's hard to tell if this is due to the slower internet or if it is a roku or spectrum app issue or a combination or what. But the Roku player gets like from 7-13 MBPS. almost the same as my ethernet wired one. My two Wi-Fi using netbooks and my iPhones get at least 220 MBPS download speeds. While setting it up I've noticed and I think I've noticed in the past that the Roku player I have - Roku Express - gets much slower Wi-Fi speeds than the laptops I have. I recently got a new modem and router from Spectrum.