Slow Wi-Fi between MacBook Pro and NEXP1GO.
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2022 11:15 am
This is a bit of a long shot and I don't know if this is the right place to ask but I'm having a problem with a slow connection on my MacBook Pro talking to the Wi-Fi on a NEXP1GO / WG-3526-P. The router has a EM7565 on the AT&T tablet plan. It also runs WireGuard.
I've done some tests which unfortunately give conflicting conclusions. I thought it was just the LTE slow but then I tried my Moto G Power phone on the same Wi-Fi and get good results. The phone gets a fairly steady 30 Mbps. The Macbook is up and down but seldom hits 10 Mbps.
That sounds like a problem in the Mac but ... I also have a little GL.iNet GL-AR750S which I can setup as an access point plugged into the router's LAN. When I connect the Mac to that I get good speed, similar to the phone talking directly to the NEXP1GO. That suggests something weird about the Wi-Fi in the NEXP1GO.
Results are similar on both 2.4 and 5 GHz. The NEXP1GO is right next to the Mac but I've tried moving away etc just in case there's a overloading problem or something. I can see some parameters of the Wi-Fi on the Mac and there doesn't seem to be much difference between them. Removing WireGuard didn't help much either. It definitely seems to be a Wi-Fi issue.
It's a bit of a mystery. I guess I can just use the GL.iNet and the problem is solved but it's frustrating not knowing why. I'm pretty sure Mac direct to NEXP1GO used to work well so something seems to have changed.
I've done some tests which unfortunately give conflicting conclusions. I thought it was just the LTE slow but then I tried my Moto G Power phone on the same Wi-Fi and get good results. The phone gets a fairly steady 30 Mbps. The Macbook is up and down but seldom hits 10 Mbps.
That sounds like a problem in the Mac but ... I also have a little GL.iNet GL-AR750S which I can setup as an access point plugged into the router's LAN. When I connect the Mac to that I get good speed, similar to the phone talking directly to the NEXP1GO. That suggests something weird about the Wi-Fi in the NEXP1GO.
Results are similar on both 2.4 and 5 GHz. The NEXP1GO is right next to the Mac but I've tried moving away etc just in case there's a overloading problem or something. I can see some parameters of the Wi-Fi on the Mac and there doesn't seem to be much difference between them. Removing WireGuard didn't help much either. It definitely seems to be a Wi-Fi issue.
It's a bit of a mystery. I guess I can just use the GL.iNet and the problem is solved but it's frustrating not knowing why. I'm pretty sure Mac direct to NEXP1GO used to work well so something seems to have changed.