TL-WA850RE N Speed?

[fperkins]

I have two TL-WA850RE repeaters setup as wireless bridge/repeater running v1.8.1

The Operation mode drop down under Connection/Basic is defaulting to G+B. I tried to manually change it to N+G+B or Auto but it defaults back to G+B. In reading the production page, it looks like the device is capable of N speed.

Any suggestions? Does anyone have the TL-WA850RE and have it running at N speed wireless?

[d3fz]

Could you please run this command and post the output here ?

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uci show wireless

Remember to hide your password.

[fperkins]

Thanks for the reply. I just x'd out my SID and password:

wireless.radio0=wifi-device
wireless.radio0.type=mac80211
wireless.radio0.path=platform/ar934x_wmac
wireless.radio0.channel=1
wireless.radio0.htmode=HT20
wireless.radio0.hwmode=11g
wireless.cfg2=wifi-iface
wireless.cfg2.device=radio0
wireless.cfg2.network=lan
wireless.cfg2.mode=sta
wireless.cfg2.client_bridge=1
wireless.cfg2.ssid=xxxxxx
wireless.cfg2.encryption=psk2
wireless.cfg2.key=xxxxxx
wireless.cfg3=wifi-iface
wireless.cfg3.device=radio0
wireless.cfg3.network=lan
wireless.cfg3.mode=ap
wireless.cfg3.ssid=xxxxxx
wireless.cfg3.encryption=psk2
wireless.cfg3.key=xxxxx

I tried to link to TP-Link but I can't post urls yet? It is a TL-WA850RE v1 device

[Lantis]

It's running in N mode.
The interface isn't showing the correct information.

[fperkins]

I do see the speeds drop off considerably when I'm connected to my Apple Airport Express/Buffalo Router vs the TL-WA850RE wireless extenders (2 of them)

Buffalo/Apple: Show ~60mbs
TL-WA850RE: Both show between ~12.5-6mbs download.

Perhaps there is a better way to test? What I'm doing is using "Net Analyzer" on my iPhone which tells me the MAC address of the wifi that I'm connected to. I then switch over to safari and use the Google speed test.

Any other suggestions would be great.

I'll also note that the Apple Airport express and Buffalo router are direct to the router while the TL-WA850RE extend the Airport Express. I would expect a little drop off on speed, but not that much.

Thanks

[Lantis]

With a wireless repeater you should expect almost half