on 30-07-2021 18:07
Hi,
I had M350Mb and using the hub 3 in modem mode with the Tenda MW6 mesh system as the wifi was flaky in parts of my house and was working well.
Today I got the hub 4 and 1Gig package. Changed over no problem, did some speed tests from my iPhone and iMac over wifi approx 520mb d/l, which is a bit above the minimum speed.
I then decided to switch to modem mode on the hub 4 and connect my Tenda mesh and the speed has dropped down to around 190mb d/l. I swapped back and speeds back up to 500+
So my question is it not worth it to have the Tenda mesh now? one reason I had it is my son was connecting via ethernet to one of the Tenda nodes from his gaming PC.
Thank you
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on 31-07-2021 07:50
I've seen a handful of reports of users with the Hub 4 saying that their hub gets full speed in router mode (or measured using the built in SamKnows facility) yet the output to a third party router is constrained to 150-290 Mbps, and I've yet to see a convincing explanation. It isn't ethernet cable issues, because if the cable were faulty or misrecognised then the hub would drop back to the very obvious 100 Mbps of a 10/100 standard. And I've seen it reported for premium routers, so I'm inclined to doubt that the MW6 is faulty.
I can't offer an explanation; One option to try would be to have the hub in router mode with wifi signals turned off, and the MW6 in access point mode, see how that performs. Normally it is better to allow a mesh system to act as a router, in this case that doesn't seem to be an option for you.
An alternative for wifi coverage would be to ask for one or more VM "pods", but I don't think they have an ethernet port.
on 30-07-2021 20:57
on 31-07-2021 07:50
I've seen a handful of reports of users with the Hub 4 saying that their hub gets full speed in router mode (or measured using the built in SamKnows facility) yet the output to a third party router is constrained to 150-290 Mbps, and I've yet to see a convincing explanation. It isn't ethernet cable issues, because if the cable were faulty or misrecognised then the hub would drop back to the very obvious 100 Mbps of a 10/100 standard. And I've seen it reported for premium routers, so I'm inclined to doubt that the MW6 is faulty.
I can't offer an explanation; One option to try would be to have the hub in router mode with wifi signals turned off, and the MW6 in access point mode, see how that performs. Normally it is better to allow a mesh system to act as a router, in this case that doesn't seem to be an option for you.
An alternative for wifi coverage would be to ask for one or more VM "pods", but I don't think they have an ethernet port.
on 31-07-2021 09:38
For now what I have done, is have the Tenda as a separate wifi network, so my son can still ethernet connect to the node in his room, albeit at slower speeds (but less buffering I think is the issue).
He is at his dads, so when back will get him to test it both options, slower ethernet via Tenda, or over double speed via wifi and he can make a decision what is better.
Thanks for your reply.
on 31-07-2021 09:40
on 31-07-2021 09:50
VM dont throttle the speed - obviously if there is a fault speeds can drop in which case it would need investigation and solving
what does the samknows speed test tell you - https://samknows.com/realspeed/
post some info from the hub
log into hub3 and hub4- 192.168.0.1 [or 192.168.100.1 if in modem mode] - DON'T SIGN IN, click - click router status [centre of screen] - and post the downstream and upstream figures - to see those press on the grey buttons/boxes labelled - upstream - downstream - also post the config details from the hub to be sure you have actually been upgraded to 1 gig
had you changed anything on the hub3 - split the bands and turned off smart wifi - if you had have you also done that on the hub4
31-07-2021 13:00 - edited 31-07-2021 13:00
Hi, okay - I don't have the hub 3 anymore (boxed and returned). Here are the hub 4 config details:
Also samknows can find the router?
Primary Downstream Service Flow
SFID | 44302 |
Max Traffic Rate | 1200000450 |
Max Traffic Burst | 42600 |
Min Traffic Rate | 0 |
Primary Upstream Service Flow
SFID | 44301 |
Max Traffic Rate | 55000270 |
Max Traffic Burst | 42600 |
Min Traffic Rate | 0 |
Max Concatenated Burst | 42600 |
Scheduling Type | bestEffort |
on 31-07-2021 13:07
well you are certainly on 1gig - post the rest of the pages - downstream - upstream and network log
on 31-07-2021 13:09
3.0 Downstream channels
Channel Frequency (Hz) Power (dBmV) SNR (dB) Modulation Channel ID
25 | 330750000 | -4.900002 | 35.779911 | QAM256 | 25 |
6 | 178750000 | -3.799999 | 36.386890 | QAM256 | 6 |
7 | 186750000 | -3.900002 | 35.779911 | QAM256 | 7 |
8 | 194750000 | -4.000000 | 36.386890 | QAM256 | 8 |
9 | 202750000 | -3.900002 | 35.779911 | QAM256 | 9 |
10 | 210750000 | -4.200001 | 35.779911 | QAM256 | 10 |
11 | 218750000 | -4.400002 | 35.779911 | QAM256 | 11 |
12 | 226750000 | -4.500000 | 35.779911 | QAM256 | 12 |
13 | 234750000 | -4.700001 | 35.779911 | QAM256 | 13 |
14 | 242750000 | -4.799999 | 35.779911 | QAM256 | 14 |
15 | 250750000 | -5.099998 | 35.595078 | QAM256 | 15 |
16 | 258750000 | -5.000000 | 35.779911 | QAM256 | 16 |
17 | 266750000 | -4.799999 | 35.595078 | QAM256 | 17 |
18 | 274750000 | -4.500000 | 35.779911 | QAM256 | 18 |
19 | 282750000 | -5.000000 | 35.779911 | QAM256 | 19 |
20 | 290750000 | -5.000000 | 35.595078 | QAM256 | 20 |
21 | 298750000 | -4.799999 | 35.595078 | QAM256 | 21 |
22 | 306750000 | -4.500000 | 35.595078 | QAM256 | 22 |
23 | 314750000 | -4.500000 | 35.595078 | QAM256 | 23 |
24 | 322750000 | -4.500000 | 35.595078 | QAM256 | 24 |
26 | 338750000 | -5.000000 | 35.779911 | QAM256 | 26 |
27 | 346750000 | -4.900002 | 35.779911 | QAM256 | 27 |
28 | 354750000 | -4.900002 | 35.595078 | QAM256 | 28 |
29 | 362750000 | -5.000000 | 35.779911 | QAM256 | 29 |
30 | 370750000 | -5.000000 | 35.595078 | QAM256 | 30 |
31 | 378750000 | -5.000000 | 35.779911 | QAM256 | 31 |
32 | 386750000 | -5.099998 | 35.779911 | QAM256 | 32 |
34 | 394750000 | -5.000000 | 35.595078 | QAM256 | 34 |
35 | 402750000 | -5.200001 | 35.779911 | QAM256 | 35 |
36 | 410750000 | -5.599998 | 35.779911 | QAM256 | 36 |
37 | 418750000 | -5.799999 | 34.925610 | QAM256 | 37 |
3.0 Downstream channels
Channel Lock Status RxMER (dB) Pre RS Errors Post RS Errors
25 | Locked | 35.779911 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Locked | 36.386890 | 2 | 0 |
7 | Locked | 35.779911 | 0 | 0 |
8 | Locked | 36.386890 | 0 | 0 |
9 | Locked | 35.779911 | 0 | 0 |
10 | Locked | 35.779911 | 1 | 0 |
11 | Locked | 35.779911 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Locked | 35.779911 | 0 | 0 |
13 | Locked | 35.779911 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Locked | 35.779911 | 0 | 0 |
15 | Locked | 35.595078 | 2 | 0 |
16 | Locked | 35.779911 | 1 | 0 |
17 | Locked | 35.595078 | 0 | 0 |
18 | Locked | 35.779911 | 0 | 0 |
19 | Locked | 35.779911 | 1 | 0 |
20 | Locked | 35.595078 | 4 | 0 |
21 | Locked | 35.595078 | 3 | 0 |
22 | Locked | 35.595078 | 0 | 0 |
23 | Locked | 35.595078 | 3 | 0 |
24 | Locked | 35.595078 | 2 | 0 |
26 | Locked | 35.779911 | 0 | 0 |
27 | Locked | 35.779911 | 0 | 0 |
28 | Locked | 35.595078 | 0 | 0 |
29 | Locked | 35.779911 | 0 | 0 |
30 | Locked | 35.595078 | 0 | 0 |
31 | Locked | 35.779911 | 0 | 0 |
32 | Locked | 35.779911 | 1 | 0 |
34 | Locked | 35.595078 | 2 | 0 |
35 | Locked | 35.779911 | 0 | 0 |
36 | Locked | 35.779911 | 0 | 0 |
37 | Locked | 34.925610 | 4 | 0 |
33 | 94 | 4K | 1840 | QAM4096 | 424 |
33 | Locked | 36 | -6.2 | 64591991 | 1 |
on 31-07-2021 13:09
3.0 Upstream channels
Channel Frequency (Hz) Power (dBmV) Symbol Rate (ksps) Modulation Channel ID
1 | 39400000 | 51.520599 | 5120 KSym/sec | 64QAM | 2 |
2 | 46200000 | 52.020599 | 5120 KSym/sec | 64QAM | 1 |
3 | 25800000 | 51.020599 | 5120 KSym/sec | 32QAM | 4 |
4 | 32600000 | 51.270599 | 5120 KSym/sec | 64QAM | 3 |
3.0 Upstream channels
Channel Channel Type T1 Timeouts T2 Timeouts T3 Timeouts T4 Timeouts
1 | US_TYPE_STDMA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | US_TYPE_STDMA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | US_TYPE_STDMA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | US_TYPE_STDMA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |