iPad Pro M4 iPad Pro 11” slow on 6ghz

[garethjs]

Hi guys I updated my router to a TP link BE65 Pro which operates on a 6ghz line

I’ve disabled 2.4 and only enabled 5 and 6ghz 160mhz, wpa3) to use the same SSID. I’ve disabled MLO.

The iPhone 16 connects well to the router on 6ghz.

All my 11 other apple gadgets connect good to the 5ghz band.

The iPad m4 and my MacBook Pro m3 which both have a wifi 6E chipset are both not behaving well

They connect to the 6ghz band without issues but my throughout is stuck at 200mb/sec even though the negotiated rate in wifi shows 2401Mb/sec.

My provider gives me a gig down and my iPhones on 6ghz have no problems giving this.

So I decided to

1. Force the iPad and MacBook to connect to 5ghz and the same issue still persist

2. Turned off wifi 6E (automatic to off) in each device wifi settings

Still no go and the speeds are stuck at 200+

My old router in comparison gave me 800+ on the 5ghz band

So I’m not sure if it’s the router or the wifi 6e chip in both the iPad and MacBook that is have an issue.

Both updated to iOS 18.01 and Sequoia

 

[Reverend Benny]

What if you disconnect the Meshnodes and only running the router as a test? Also restart the router and iPad before you connect. Do you get an initial high speed that slowly drops?

 

[garethjs]

Should have added. Its a single router not a mesh

 

[Reverend Benny]

Should have added. Its a single router not a mesh

Ok, if you restart the router and phone and keep most other things disconnected, what speed do you get?
Do a few tests, one straight away, one a bit later and so on.
Have seen a few posts where people get good initial speeds that falls after a while.

 

[Blue Hawk]

I’ve disabled MLO.

Is this recommended to disable?

 

[Pezimak]

Go into your iPads etc WiFi settings, turn OFF ‘Private WiFi Address’, test again. BOTH my M1 iPad Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max were horribly slow after iOS 18, and neither got iPV6 addresses either. God knows what Apple did, it keeps meddling with hiding their devices but in my case it totally messed up their connections on my home WiFi. I have a TP Link Deco BE63 WiFi 7 setup and gigabit fibre broadband with MLO enabled.
After I turned the setting off they have behaved themselves and get IPv6 addresses again. FYI the same setting was in iOS 17 but I set it to fixed address then and they worked.

On an iPad Pro M2 with WiFi 6E and the address set to ‘Fixed’ it works fine.

I would also enable MLO if you have more then one router and are using a wireless backhaul, it speeds up WiFi 7 greatly then.