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AP 305 - Low Signal and Speed with specific Macintosh clieint

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  • 1.  AP 305 - Low Signal and Speed with specific Macintosh clieint

    Posted Jul 02, 2019 06:20 AM

    Hello to all.

    I need some help finding out why specific clients have low signal and/or low speed.

     

    I have two Macintosh clients sitting on top of each other.

    the first machine connected to a 305 AP that is 20 meters away (60ft)

    the second machine connected to a different 305 AP that is 10 meters away (10ft).

     

    • the first machine has a good signal but The speed is not stable. (signal around the 33 - 35db | speed is up and down between 50Mbps and up to 800Mbps)
    • for the second machine, it's the opposite, the speed is good but the signal it bad (signal around 20db | speed around 750Mbps)

    I am not sure how to address that issue.

    can someone point me in the right direction?

     

     

     



  • 2.  RE: AP 305 - Low Signal and Speed with specific Macintosh clieint

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted Jul 02, 2019 11:54 AM

    Find out what band the client is operating on.



  • 3.  RE: AP 305 - Low Signal and Speed with specific Macintosh clieint

    Posted Jul 02, 2019 11:59 AM
    Both of them are operating on 5GHz


  • 4.  RE: AP 305 - Low Signal and Speed with specific Macintosh clieint

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted Jul 02, 2019 12:10 PM

    Are you running 20, 40 or 80 mhz channels on rhe 5ghz band?



  • 5.  RE: AP 305 - Low Signal and Speed with specific Macintosh clieint

    Posted Jul 03, 2019 03:48 AM

    Hey,

    We are currently running on 80mhz on the 5ghz band.



  • 6.  RE: AP 305 - Low Signal and Speed with specific Macintosh clieint

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted Jul 03, 2019 07:09 AM

    Please try 40 or 20 mhz  wide channels.  There is not enough 80 mhz channels to support an enterprise deployment, unless it is a very small one.  Low signal and speed are a possible side effect of this.



  • 7.  RE: AP 305 - Low Signal and Speed with specific Macintosh clieint
    Best Answer

    Posted Jul 10, 2019 03:59 AM

    Hello, it seems that the problem occurs because the two devices have been on top of each other and probably interfered with each other.


    After changing the position of the machines the wifi started to work as it should.  

    TNX for all the help.