Airport Express 5GHz network top speed

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Airport Express 5GHz network top speed

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I have a 200Mbps service, obviously connected via Ethernet, the ISP told me that their modem didn't support that speed via wireless, they suggested me to buy an Airport Express (I did), I'm not having that speed yet, they told me that maybe it was because the Airport Express was not connected via a CAT6 wire (which maybe it's true because it was an old LAN cable), but reading a lot of threads I'm afraid I won't get that speed even with a CAT6 cable, I can't return my Airport Express (Mexico Service Policies suck) and get an Airport Extreme, so:

Am I loomed here? I can't get wireless 200mpbs with an Airport Express? What you suggest me to do? (Buying am Airport Extreme is not an option right now $$$$)

PS I am so afraid Bob Timmons brings me bad news 😉

Thank you

Miguel

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013), OS X El Capitan (10.11.3), null

Posted on Feb 3, 2016 12:33 PM

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Tesserax

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Feb 3, 2016 1:28 PM in response to mlozano9

I have a 200Mbps service, obviously connected via Ethernet, the ISP told me that their modem didn't support that speed via wireless, they suggested me to buy an Airport Express (I did), I'm not having that speed yet, they told me that maybe it was because the Airport Express was not connected via a CAT6 wire

Sorry, but it doesn't really matter whether you use CAT5 or CAT6 wire as the Ethernet ports on the AirPort Express are limited to 100 Mbps. You will never get to the 200 Mbps that your ISP is providing you. The AirPort Extreme, on the other hand, has all 1 Gbps Ethernet ports.

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Feb 3, 2016 1:06 PM in response to mlozano9

What speeds are you hitting with the setup you have?

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Feb 3, 2016 1:27 PM in response to Storm89161

Steady 90s

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Feb 3, 2016 1:27 PM in response to Storm89161

The AirPort Express here (which is set up in Bridge Mode) as an access point......will do about 88-90 Mbps on a 100 Mbps internet connection. It makes no difference whether I'm connected at 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz.

Sometimes, when the moon phase is full, and the other planets are in good alignment, the Express will do 93-94 Mbps.

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Feb 3, 2016 1:28 PM in response to Tesserax

Thank you very much, I was afraid of getting that response

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Feb 3, 2016 4:53 PM in response to Bob Timmons

I was making sure it was actual the airport express's fault. If he was getting something like 20 or 30 then I would have told him to do a speed test and if its still then it is the fault of the modem or isp.

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