MLO speed loss on home network
New GE-800 router, I set up the MLO wi-fi network and works just fine when first connected to it with my Galaxy S24 Ultra. I have a 1 gig down service to the house and it always stays steady as a rock with my Smart Connect network (2.4, 5 & 6 GHz combined, also LAN). But after connecting to my MLO wi-fi network for a couple hours, speed drops from close to a gig, to only a couple hundred meg. Disconnect and reconnect to MLO and speed is right back up where it should be, as judged by Ookla Speedtest each time, utilizing the same server. I live in a low interference residential neighborhood, with non-congested channels. I've tried leaving the wi-fi channel on Auto and switching to several other channels (1, 6, 11) with same results. Currently on channel 1, as it is farthest from my Arlo camera system channel. Router is in a great place for whole house wi-fi reception, so no issues there... just the annoying download speed loss after a while of little or no use. Which my non-MLO network does not experience at all. Also all cables throughout are new Cat-6 and firmware is latest version. MLO seems to be the only issue, which allows greater speed combining wi-fi 7 along with the other 3 bands at close range from router. I hope most of this made sense... though I have 30 years in computer repair, networking is not my strong point. Thank you in advance...
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@Nyquist-Shannon It doesn't show the certified logo like the BE800 does (that one is certified) I have the TP-Link PCIe adapter in one machine and a Intel BE adapter in another and the Intel one behaves better that the TP-Link one. I had to get a beta driver for the TP-Link card just to enable MLO.
My iPhone 16 was seeing my MLO network as having weak security even though it is WPA3, the latest update for the iPhone has seemed to fix that.
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@Nyquist-Shannon yes GE is newer, The weak security thing was weird, when I first got the phone it was fine, then a week or so ago it complained. Had an update the other day and its back to normal.
Most likely hasn't completed the certification process yet.
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