With a brand new Cisco Catalyst 9115AX access point in my hands, it’s time to start testing. Before we begin testing Wi-Fi 6, I had acquire a compatible client.
So after an Amazon order and waiting two days, I am a proud owner of an unlocked Samsung S10.
To be fair, testing Wi-Fi 6 with only one client is kind of pointless. The purpose of Wi-Fi 6 is to bring efficiency. There isn’t much to efficiency to be made when it’s a single device on the Wi-Fi network.
But just to take a look at it operationally, I joined the Catalyst 9115AX access point to a Cisco 3504 wireless LAN controller (WLC) running version 8.9.100.0. This is the minimum version required to run a Catalyst 9115AX on a WLC.
Here are my results after installing a local speed test server on CentOS 7.
Run | Down | Up | Ping | Jitter | Channel | Channel Width |
1 | 391.91 | 454.63 | 3.69 | 1 | 36 | 40 |
2 | 368.14 | 443.3 | 3.3 | 0.23 | 36 | 40 |
3 | 292.08 | 426.95 | 3.74 | 0.73 | 36 | 40 |
4 | 366.8 | 428.19 | 3.47 | 1.2 | 36 | 40 |
5 | 661.06 | 700.46 | 4 | 1.39 | 36 | 80 |
6 | 595.42 | 741.73 | 3.65 | 1.14 | 36 | 80 |
7 | 604.71 | 710.91 | 3.96 | 0.88 | 36 | 80 |
8 | 667.49 | 711.53 | 3.52 | 0.82 | 36 | 80 |
I plan on doing a more structured test with an additional client, once I receive it. I’ll share other data as well such as configuration, setup of the speed test, use of iPerf, and other applications.
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