[Flint 2] Slow upload speed under wifi

I've used Flinit2 for almost 3 years since it launched, this is a great router!
While I could not fix the slow upload speed under wifi connection..

My ISP offers 2gbps download and 1gbps upload, the ISP modem has 2 LAN ports, one is 2.5gbps and other other one is 1gbps.

If Flint 2 connects in 1g LAN port, the speed is normal no matter wired or wireless, almost reaching 1000mbps:


But if connects to 2.5g LAN port, speed is normal for wired connection (1800/900), but the upload is unexpectedly slow in just ~200 for wireless connection:


All of the above were tested in the same environment, cable connects to 2.5g WAN port of Flint2, and the distance between the devices and the router remained unchanged. The wireless devices are iPhone 15 pro max and OnePlus 10Pro, result are almost the same.

I think the problem is not related with the ISP, modem and the cables, may I know what should I do so that the upload speed under wifi could reach the expected speed in around 900? Or this is a nature for Flint2 because of the bandwidth?

Thank you!

Don't benchmark WAN over Wi-Fi. Use Ethernet. The radios in the client devices have such staggeringly different quality between manufacturers it's almost a joke to rely on any of their advertised specs.

Once you have your baseline then start troubleshooting Wi-Fi. I suspect it may be but think it's too early to call any sort of 'bug'. You'll want to bench the Wi-Fi to the AP, not the WAN, first. See the below script to locally hosting OpenSpeedTest if you don't care for iperf3.

Hi,

  1. If the PC is wired to connect to the 2.5G LAN port of Flint 2, how many about the network speed?

  2. Please try to install the op24 firmware to test one more time
    GL.iNet download center

I don't have the PC, but if iphone connected Flint2 by using 2.5g USB type C LAN adapter, it could reach 1900DL/900UL as below:

And by the way, the firmware using is ver.4.8.0 (without op24).
Thx!

Well, that's better than nothing but the stated negotiated link speed (2.5 Gbps) doesn't guarantee the same when it comes to throughout (1.9 Gbps) as you just demonstrated. That benchmark might be even better with a proper Intel 2.5 or 5 GbE NIC & Cat 6 cable.

@bruce : Do you have a benchmarks for what the 'best case' bi-directional Wi-Fi rate would look like? What has GL.iNet documented in their testing?

Hi,

  1. Please try to install the op24 firmware, to do comparison test.

  2. Are there other wireless devices to test, phones, PC, etc.?

Updated the firmware to 4.8 Op24 but still negative...

i have PC but pretty old, the LAN is old, no reference value..

Has it tried disabled / enabled the hardware acceleration?

All the speedtests above were done under hardware acceleration enabled. Switched if off to test again? Thx~!

Yep, please.

It does not help... No matter switched off acceleration or using software/hardware acceleration, upload speed remains below 300mb/s under wifi, if connected to 2.5G LAN port of the ISP modem.. Very strange....

Hi,

You can deploy an OpenSpeedtest server on your router and test the speed on your WiFi client,
to locate the issue is in the WAN or the LAN side.

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iPhone 15 Pro Max


OnePlus 10 Pro


Hi,

The conditions of this issue are:

  1. MT6000 WAN connects to the 2.5G LAN port of ISP modem
  2. MT6000 wireless clients, UL speed abnormal in the Internet direction (such as speedtest.net)

LAN - WLAN and 1G WAN - WLAN are no problem, but only 2.5 WAN - WLAN has exceptions.

I suspect it's a 2.5G compatibility issue, but not very sure.

  1. You have a 2.5G wired network card, right? How many speeds can you get by directly connecting to ISP modem 2.5G LAN?
  2. Is there any other ISP modem that connects MT6000 to 2.5G port, is UL speed normal? Or, if there is a PC with a 2.5G network card, you can build an OpenSpeedTest Server on PC and connects to the MT6000 WAN?

  1. May I know what is model of the ISP modem?

Hello,

If your time permits to do these tests, may I know what are the test results?