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This is the proof from my rude attempt at benchmarking Xfinity wifi from various points in my house. Source was my Alienware 17 R5 running Elementary, dest was Raspberry Pi 4 running Ubuntu Server 20.04
Script started on 2020-06-14 12:42:53-0400
$ iperf3 -c 10.0.0.233
Connecting to host 10.0.0.233, port 5201
[ 4] local 10.0.0.75 port 35132 connected to 10.0.0.233 port 5201
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr Cwnd
[ 4] 0.00-1.00 sec 115 MBytes 965 Mbits/sec 0 1.03 MBytes
[ 4] 1.00-2.00 sec 111 MBytes 933 Mbits/sec 0 1.03 MBytes
[ 4] 2.00-3.00 sec 111 MBytes 933 Mbits/sec 0 1.03 MBytes
[ 4] 3.00-4.00 sec 111 MBytes 933 Mbits/sec 0 1.03 MBytes
[ 4] 4.00-5.00 sec 111 MBytes 933 Mbits/sec 0 1.09 MBytes
[ 4] 5.00-6.00 sec 111 MBytes 933 Mbits/sec 0 1.09 MBytes
[ 4] 6.00-7.00 sec 111 MBytes 933 Mbits/sec 0 1.09 MBytes
[ 4] 7.00-8.00 sec 111 MBytes 933 Mbits/sec 0 1.09 MBytes
[ 4] 8.00-9.00 sec 111 MBytes 933 Mbits/sec 0 1.09 MBytes
[ 4] 9.00-10.00 sec 111 MBytes 933 Mbits/sec 0 1.09 MBytes
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr
[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 1.09 GBytes 936 Mbits/sec 0 sender
[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 1.09 GBytes 933 Mbits/sec receiver
iperf Done.
$ # xfinity wifi right next to the AP
$ iperf3 -c 10.0.0.233
Connecting to host 10.0.0.233, port 5201
[ 4] local 10.0.0.86 port 54188 connected to 10.0.0.233 port 5201
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr Cwnd
[ 4] 0.00-1.00 sec 34.1 MBytes 286 Mbits/sec 5 216 KBytes
[ 4] 1.00-2.00 sec 46.1 MBytes 387 Mbits/sec 0 342 KBytes
[ 4] 2.00-3.00 sec 47.2 MBytes 395 Mbits/sec 0 437 KBytes
[ 4] 3.00-4.00 sec 50.0 MBytes 420 Mbits/sec 0 518 KBytes
[ 4] 4.00-5.00 sec 47.3 MBytes 397 Mbits/sec 0 581 KBytes
[ 4] 5.00-6.00 sec 48.5 MBytes 407 Mbits/sec 0 641 KBytes
[ 4] 6.00-7.00 sec 49.2 MBytes 413 Mbits/sec 0 697 KBytes
[ 4] 7.00-8.00 sec 53.6 MBytes 450 Mbits/sec 0 751 KBytes
[ 4] 8.00-9.00 sec 52.5 MBytes 441 Mbits/sec 0 802 KBytes
[ 4] 9.00-10.00 sec 50.6 MBytes 424 Mbits/sec 0 847 KBytes
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr
[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 479 MBytes 402 Mbits/sec 5 sender
[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 476 MBytes 399 Mbits/sec receiver
iperf Done.
$ nmcli -c no d wifi
IN-USE SSID MODE CHAN RATE SIGNAL BARS SECURITY
* VoodooPenguin Infra 157 540 Mbit/s 88 ▂▄▆█ WPA2
$ # xfinity wifi - living room
$ iperf3 -c 10.0.0.233
Connecting to host 10.0.0.233, port 5201
[ 4] local 10.0.0.86 port 54232 connected to 10.0.0.233 port 5201
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr Cwnd
[ 4] 0.00-1.00 sec 48.2 MBytes 404 Mbits/sec 0 1.59 MBytes
[ 4] 1.00-2.00 sec 46.5 MBytes 390 Mbits/sec 0 2.06 MBytes
[ 4] 2.00-3.00 sec 50.3 MBytes 422 Mbits/sec 0 2.19 MBytes
[ 4] 3.00-4.00 sec 50.6 MBytes 425 Mbits/sec 0 2.43 MBytes
[ 4] 4.00-5.00 sec 39.4 MBytes 330 Mbits/sec 0 2.87 MBytes
[ 4] 5.00-6.00 sec 45.7 MBytes 384 Mbits/sec 0 3.02 MBytes
[ 4] 6.00-7.00 sec 45.0 MBytes 377 Mbits/sec 0 3.02 MBytes
[ 4] 7.00-8.00 sec 42.5 MBytes 356 Mbits/sec 0 3.02 MBytes
[ 4] 8.00-9.00 sec 47.0 MBytes 395 Mbits/sec 0 3.02 MBytes
[ 4] 9.00-10.00 sec 46.5 MBytes 390 Mbits/sec 0 3.02 MBytes
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr
[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 462 MBytes 387 Mbits/sec 0 sender
[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 459 MBytes 385 Mbits/sec receiver
iperf Done.
]0;Homefeoh@yamato:~$ nmcli -c no -d wifi
IN-USE SSID MODE CHAN RATE SIGNAL BARS SECURITY
* VoodooPenguin Infra 157 540 Mbit/s 73 ▂▄▆_ WPA2
$ # xfinity wifi - kitchen
$ iperf3 -c 10.0.0.233
Connecting to host 10.0.0.233, port 5201
[ 4] local 10.0.0.86 port 54250 connected to 10.0.0.233 port 5201
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr Cwnd
[ 4] 0.00-1.00 sec 30.2 MBytes 254 Mbits/sec 2 209 KBytes
[ 4] 1.00-2.00 sec 36.7 MBytes 308 Mbits/sec 0 315 KBytes
[ 4] 2.00-3.00 sec 40.2 MBytes 337 Mbits/sec 0 400 KBytes
[ 4] 3.00-4.00 sec 39.6 MBytes 332 Mbits/sec 0 468 KBytes
[ 4] 4.00-5.00 sec 39.7 MBytes 333 Mbits/sec 0 527 KBytes
[ 4] 5.00-6.00 sec 39.2 MBytes 329 Mbits/sec 0 578 KBytes
[ 4] 6.00-7.00 sec 39.0 MBytes 327 Mbits/sec 0 625 KBytes
[ 4] 7.00-8.00 sec 38.7 MBytes 325 Mbits/sec 0 669 KBytes
[ 4] 8.00-9.00 sec 39.8 MBytes 334 Mbits/sec 0 708 KBytes
[ 4] 9.00-10.00 sec 37.2 MBytes 312 Mbits/sec 0 745 KBytes
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr
[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 380 MBytes 319 Mbits/sec 2 sender
[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 377 MBytes 316 Mbits/sec receiver
iperf Done.
$ nmcli -c no d wifi
IN-USE SSID MODE CHAN RATE SIGNAL BARS SECURITY
* VoodooPenguin Infra 157 540 Mbit/s 66 ▂▄▆_ WPA2
# Xfinnity wifi, bedroom - furthest from AP
$ iperf3 -c 10.0.0.233
Connecting to host 10.0.0.233, port 5201
[ 4] local 10.0.0.86 port 54266 connected to 10.0.0.233 port 5201
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr Cwnd
[ 4] 0.00-1.00 sec 42.1 MBytes 353 Mbits/sec 0 1.40 MBytes
[ 4] 1.00-2.00 sec 46.8 MBytes 393 Mbits/sec 0 2.30 MBytes
[ 4] 2.00-3.00 sec 44.6 MBytes 374 Mbits/sec 0 2.43 MBytes
[ 4] 3.00-4.00 sec 44.1 MBytes 370 Mbits/sec 0 2.72 MBytes
[ 4] 4.00-5.00 sec 45.2 MBytes 380 Mbits/sec 0 2.72 MBytes
[ 4] 5.00-6.00 sec 46.2 MBytes 387 Mbits/sec 0 2.72 MBytes
[ 4] 6.00-7.00 sec 41.8 MBytes 351 Mbits/sec 0 3.05 MBytes
[ 4] 7.00-8.00 sec 43.4 MBytes 364 Mbits/sec 0 3.05 MBytes
[ 4] 8.00-9.00 sec 34.7 MBytes 291 Mbits/sec 0 3.05 MBytes
[ 4] 9.00-10.00 sec 43.5 MBytes 365 Mbits/sec 0 3.05 MBytes
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr
[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 432 MBytes 363 Mbits/sec 0 sender
[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 429 MBytes 360 Mbits/sec receiver
iperf Done.
$ nmcli -c no d wifi
IN-USE SSID MODE CHAN RATE SIGNAL BARS SECURITY
* VoodooPenguin Infra 157 540 Mbit/s 69 ▂▄▆_ WPA2
Script done on 2020-06-14 12:55:15-0400
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