TP-Link Omada EAPs and cloud controller

[OldSkoO1]

Here is my iperf3 data

Ethernet to WiFi

Accepted connection from 192.168.1.113, port 55596
[  5] local 192.168.1.107 port 5201 connected to 192.168.1.113 port 55597
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  5]   0.00-1.00   sec  74.6 MBytes   626 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   1.00-2.00   sec  79.1 MBytes   664 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   2.00-3.00   sec  79.1 MBytes   663 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   3.00-4.00   sec  77.9 MBytes   653 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   4.00-5.00   sec  77.5 MBytes   650 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   5.00-6.00   sec  77.4 MBytes   649 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   6.00-7.00   sec  71.5 MBytes   600 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   7.00-8.00   sec  74.2 MBytes   622 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   8.00-9.00   sec  74.6 MBytes   626 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   9.00-10.00  sec  80.4 MBytes   675 Mbits/sec                
[  5]  10.00-10.01  sec   363 KBytes   598 Mbits/sec                
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[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  5]   0.00-10.01  sec   767 MBytes   643 Mbits/sec                  receiver

In addition I ran a test WiFi to WiFi on the same AP which would give the most choked throughput

Connecting to host 192.168.1.113, port 5201
[  5] local 192.168.1.122 port 55846 connected to 192.168.1.113 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  5]   0.00-1.00   sec  47.2 MBytes   396 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   1.00-2.00   sec  50.6 MBytes   424 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   2.00-3.00   sec  50.7 MBytes   425 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   3.00-4.00   sec  49.8 MBytes   417 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   4.00-5.00   sec  51.5 MBytes   432 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   5.00-6.00   sec  49.4 MBytes   413 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   6.00-7.00   sec  52.0 MBytes   436 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   7.00-8.00   sec  49.7 MBytes   417 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   8.00-9.00   sec  49.5 MBytes   414 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   9.00-10.00  sec  45.4 MBytes   382 Mbits/sec                
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[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec   496 MBytes   416 Mbits/sec                  sender
[  5]   0.00-10.01  sec   495 MBytes   415 Mbits/sec                  receiver

 

[OldSkoO1]

In addition it is very important to distribute clients. I have 4 APs. It isn’t overkill providing they are situated correctly and utilise correct channel separation and have the correct power levels.

Clients are therefore distributed very well. I did this because having all clients with mixed types and speeds on one AP severely affects speeds.

if I were to try and serve 20 or so clients from 1 AP the utilisation would be far too high and even with airtime fairness the speeds would plummet.