GX50 upload speed low

[Mikymike]

Hi- I notice the upload speed to be low with my new GX50 compared to when I used google nest wifi. I have a fiber Fios 1G connection and was able to achieve 900 download and 700 upload. 

Now with my GX50 I get 650 download and 75 upload. I understand the download is less than before because the GX50 has a firewall but I would expect the upload to be closer to 500M. 

Any idea on how to improve the upload?

[IanTerry]

might be worth raising a support case too get an official track. I have seen similar issues with throughput from APs connected through GX50

[Mikymike]

So i did some testing and i get 850M/650M connecting to the GX50 directly, so the issue look to be due to the APs. I have the latest wifi 6 so i would have expected better speed. 

I haven’t raised a ticket yet but was curious if anyone else is seeing similar behavior.

[IanTerry]

have you checked the Ethernet connection & link speed of the AP - I have found some odd behaviour with auto negotiation. If its a Meraki switch, seems to connect correctly, any other vendor is random. The Outdoor AP only seems to connect at 100Mbps regardless of switch vendor.

Throughput is generally poor for APs 

[Mikymike]

All connections are Cat6 and using Meraki go switches GS110-8P. The APs are powered via POE. 

i ended up getting rid off my GX50 and replaced it with a Firewalla gold which has been wonderful. The throughput on the GX50 is just not good enough and I didn’t find it stable (plus issues every week with software being “out of day”).

strongly recommend the Firewalla if you want a true firewall with proper load balancing and more controls on rules and such.

the rest of my system is Meraki go APs and switches and it works great.   

[IanTerry]

sounds like a good plan

[TyShawn]

I'm am super happy to see your issue is resolved. I did want to post this point from the data sheet for anyone else that may run across this post in the future.

• Firewall Throughput - 500+ Mbp/s
• https://documentation.meraki.com/Go/GX50_Data_Sheet

Mike one quick question.. How were you testing your speeds?