GL.iNet Flint 2 Wi-Fi Issues

LTrek on 12/10/2024 - 16:32
Last edited 13/10/2024 - 12:04 by 2 other users

I recently purchased Flint 2 router from Amazon to replace Telstra Gen 2.

Currently with Superloop on 250Mbps plan. We have double story house. The reason for replacement was to get better Wi-Fi speed and go on 1000Mbps plan. With Telstra Gen 2 I was getting around only 120-150Mbps speed on laptop and mobiles connected. When Flint 2 was setup (downstairs centrally) I got 260-270Mbps Wi-Fi speed on almost all mobiles and laptop throughout the house so was satisfied initially.

Upgraded router to latest version i.e. 4.6.4. I enabled Speed boost with my Superloop to get 1000Mbps speed to try out. After router restart and reconnecting devices, I got around 450Mbps speed on mobile (Pixel 8 Pro) when it was next to router. When I go upstairs speed is around 220Mbps only (so less speed compared to before Speed boost). I was expecting better Wi-Fi speed when 1000Mbps plan was activated (I got 900Mbps speed with ethernet so nothing wrong with internet connection).

Other main issue is Wi-Fi download speed drops to only 9Mbps on one laptop that I use heavily (Windows 10, 3-4 yrs old), upload speed still shows 45Mbps, this happens within 15-20min connecting to 5G network. If I re-connect wifi then speed goes up to around 180-200. With Telsta 2 gen, speed was dropping to around 100Mbps from 200 so with Flint 2 it's even worse. Tried few times router restart, laptop restart, installing latest drivers for Wi-Fi adaptor etc, nothing seems to be working. Fact that with Telstra Gen 2 I can get at least 100Mbps speed (and never dropped to this low of 9mbps) tells there is possibly nothing wrong with the laptop. On other laptops I get around 150Mbps speed.

Can anyone tell me why I'm getting speed drop on this laptop and is there any way to fix this? Also, why Wi-Fi speed on mobile is only around 200Mbps when connection is 1000Mbps?

Thanks

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  Brotality on 12/10/2024 - 17:53

  +1

  I think you're expecting way too much from that router upgrade.

  It's wifi 6, so 450-500 is probably the most it can do. (You need 6E/7 to get the full gigabit on wifi)

  The difference upstairs can be the channel the router is on or the neighbours getting a new router and it's interfering, etc. The difference is too small to impact the experience anyway.

  With that laptop, this screams bad wifi chipset on the laptop. Some chipsets are notorious for this kind of behaviour. It could be a different kind of encryption or similar that's just affecting it differently.

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  BuyOrNot on 12/10/2024 - 22:20

  I was actually thinking of buying the flint 2 and then upgrade to 1 Gbps connection.

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  Danstar on 13/10/2024 - 09:12

  +1

  Have you tried different wifi channels ?

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    Trek on 13/10/2024 - 09:37

    I didn't tried different channels, but I'll try that when I enable speedboost again , thanks :)

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      Danstar on 13/10/2024 - 09:54

      From memory the best channels to use are 1, 6 or 11

      Most routers are set to auto, which I find makes things worse

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        Trek on 13/10/2024 - 10:33

        Thanks, I'll try those channels

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  Trek on 13/10/2024 - 09:36

  +1

  Update - all my wifi speed issues mentioned in my post got completely resolved as soon as Superloop 24hr speedboost (to 1 Gbps speed) ended, now I'm back to original 250Mbps connection. I'm getting around 250+Mbps speed throughout the house, laptop is also maintaining 250Mbps speed. So to me it looks like this speedboost to 1 Gbps somehow messed up wifi signal, not sure how that can happen. But I'm very happy with this router now, it has very strong wifi signal and range compared to Telstra gen 2 router (I had to use 2 Telstra routers before, one for each floor, still wifi was not that good compared to this Flint 2), I may try out 1 Gbps speedboot again to try out different settings (like diff wifi channels as per above suggestion) in case of any issues again. I'm keeping this Flint 2 router as I'm very satisfied with it now :)

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    Danstar on 13/10/2024 - 09:55

    Good to hear. I’m stuck between getting a new router andnba narrowed it down to 3

    The flint 2
    Tplink gxe75
    Tplink be3600
    Asus ax82u

    Can’t make up my mind lol

    I don’t need strong wifi though. I need a strong router as I have 50+ devices in my household with the major devices connected via Ethernet

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      Trek on 13/10/2024 - 10:36

      I don't know abt other routers in your list but I'm sure you will be satisfied with Flint 2. It has got inbuilt Adguard and VPN as well if you need it.