ASUS GT-BE98
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ASUS GT-BE98


Question about ASUS GT-BE98

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Theupinsmoke

1 year ago

I have the Internet Box 4 and get approx. 8Gbit/s down and up load during the speed test, from the Internet Box 4 I go to the 10Gbit/s port on the 10Gbit/s Wan port on the Asus router, which is also correctly recognised as a 10 Gbit/s connection with a Cat8.1 cable. However, I get a maximum of 4 Gbit/s down and 3Gbit/s up in the speed test on the Asus router. Has anyone else tested this and possibly had the same problem? Maybe the 10Gbit/s Wan port is not capable of more at the moment, or could it be a wrong setting?

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MAllinger93

1 year ago

Perhaps you could specify which speed test you mean?
Does the Asus have an integrated speed test? I'm not at home at the moment and can't check, but not that I know of and there's nothing in the manual either...

If it does (and I was blind when setting it up ;) ), which server does it connect to? It can't be ruled out that the remote station (currently) may not be as fast (which can be due to various factors).

If it is not a speed test integrated into the device: Which device plus software/application are you using to test?

Extract from the specs:
6GHz BE: 4x4 4096 QAM 20/40/80/160/320MHz, up to 11529Mbp

Means, only if your end device
-6 GHz and
- 4x4 MIMO (many mobiles and some laptops have a 2x2 module installed),
this "data rate" can be achieved.
However, as far as I know, the stated values are only the gross data rate; depending on the environment, the actual data rate can be "only" 2/3... And as far as I know, the advertised MLO only serves as an auto fall-back to another frequency band, should there be problems, as far as I know (caution: half-knowledge) it is not possible to bond bandwidths from 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz and 6 GHz in order to "add up" the possible bandwidths / speeds, so to speak. But I'm not deep enough into the subject for that.

From my point of view, the easiest way would be to check whether everything is ok with your WAN port/Asus router:
Connect a device with a 5/10Gbit Lan port (they are more common now) to the 2nd 10G port of the router and then run the speed test!
If it reaches 5 or 8 Gbit, you have full speed between Internet Box 4 and the BE98.
Of course, this requires such a device and a suitable LAN cable.

I hope I have at least been able to narrow down your problem a little.
Best regards!

(btw: I can only dream of 8Gbit Internet here where I live... :D I'm minimally envious :P )