Hello, I am testing a new Pepwave MAX BR1 Mini LTEA. I have the WIFI-WAN wireless WAN connection connected to my EERO home network. When I look in Status/SpeedFusion PepVPN Details, it shows me the bandwidth limit is 200 Mbps down and 200 Mbps up. This matches what my ISP provides.
When I run the PepVPN Test Configuration, it reports an average speed of 9.2 Mbps. I don’t expect to get the full 200 MBps due to the 2.4GHz antenna, but I would expect to get close to 100Mbps.
Has anyone solved this issue?
Apologies if this is a duplicate. I did a search and did not find a post/answer.
I noticed this when hooking up to the Starlink (via WiFi as a WAN). When I was directly connected to the Starlink router, I was pulling 100Mbps+, but when I was connected through the peplink, I was only getting about 30Mbps. I didn’t think anything of it, and planned to re-test when I can get back to that office to hook it up via ethernet instead.
The MAX BR1 Mini has 802.11n capability using 1 spatial stream on 2.4GHz. For reference:
The chart shows the maximum PHY data rates that can be achieved and because of the inherent overhead protocols built-in to the WiFi standard the real-world speed is generally around 40-45% of the PHY data rate that it connects at.
@AskTim Thanks for this info. This makes me wonder why the PHY rate between my computer and the Pepwave is 65 Mbps. When I connect my computer directly to the WiFi network (bypassing the Pepwave), the PHY rate is 886 Mbps.
It is because your computer and home Wi-Fi network are talking to each other using 802.11ac with 2x2 MiMo. The BR1 Mini has 802.11n with a single stream so 65Mbps is normal.