Linksys Wi-Fi Router
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In order to get consistent and repeatable results, we suggest you control the variables of the test:
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Turn off all interfering devices, for example, wireless routers/access point/wireless range extenders that will not
participate in the test, Bluetooth devices (e.g. cell phone) and microwave ovens.
o
Use the same location, time of day and equipment
Single-Client Performance Testing
Objective: To demonstrate the performance brought by 3x3 wireless technology.
We suggest you to use the following setup to conduct performance test:
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Configure the router with the following settings:
o
Use
WPA2-Personal
if you wish to conduct the test with wireless security enabled
o
Set
Network Mode
to
Mixed
o
If you are testing 5GHz (802.11ac), set
Channel Width
to
80 MHz
o
If you are testing 2.4GHz (802.11n), set
Channel Width
to
Auto
o
Select a channel that has the least interference
o
Set
QoS
and
Parental Controls
set to
Disabled
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Place EA9300 and Computer #2, the wireless client, about five (5) meters apart from each other
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Connect Computer #1 with the built-in
Gigabit
Ethernet port to one of the EA9300
’s Ethernet (LAN) ports
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Connect Computer #2 wirelessly to one of the three wireless networks of EA9300. Computer #2 should be
equipped with a stable 3x3 802.11ac wireless adapter, for example, Macbook Pro (
“late 2013” models or later).
Please do not use Linksys WUSB6100M to conduct this 3x3 single-client performance test.
o
To test the performance of 802.11ac, connect to one of the two 5GHz networks
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Download iPerf3 (in zip file) from
https://iperf.fr/iperf-download.php
to both computers and unzip the file.
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IMPORTANT: Disable firewall, auto software update, screen saver and power save (auto sleep) on all computers.
To run the test:
On Computer #1, open a command prompt window. Change the current directory to the location where iPerf is installed.
Then, execute the following iPerf command at the command prompt.
iperf3 -s -f m -i 1
On Computer #2, open a command prompt windows. Change the current directory to the location where iPerf is installed.
Then, execute the following iPerf command at the command prompt.
iperf3 -c
<IP address of Computer #1>
-f m -i 1 -t 60 -w 1M -P 1
(For example,
iperf3 -c
192.168.1.105
-f m -i 1 -t 60 -w 1M -P 1
)
MU-MIMO Testing
Objective: To demonstrate the benefit of MU-MIMO over SU-MIMO.
