General question about throughput and ping ms.

[Eric_Ashton]

What is the normal throughput for 2.4ghz with Extreme APs and with 5 ghz? We have users complaining of slow wifi speeds and computers on the wifi are substantially slower than wired users. Currently we are getting 35-40 mbps with iperf test when on 2.4ghz. For some reason this test could drop down to 10 on certain tests. While on 5ghz we are right around 70mbps.

Are these normal numbers?
Also while pinging from a wired PC to a Wireless device we will get alot of high ms pings then it will level out and then spike again. Is this normal behavior?

[Ronald_Dvorak]

The numbers that you've posted don't look that bad to me - hard to tell with the limited information you've provided e.g. a AP models have different max. throughput

The articel that Gareth has posted is a great start - the right settings could impact the behavior a lot so check them and if you still think you didn't get the max out of the AP come back with a little bit more details about the installation.

[Gareth_Mitchell]

Eric

It depends on the configuration of the radios, amongst many other things.

Start here and see if this article helps you: https://gtacknowledge.extremenetworks.com/articles/How_To/How-do-I-measure-the-wireless-performance-...

-Gareth