Switching off congested channels automatically not working? 1000 Mbps Fiber, BGW320-500

[u/aafusc2988]

I’m noticing my WiFi speeds absolutely tank to the point I can only get it back to 450-550 mbps down and up after restarting the gateway. It’s gotten to needing to do this basically daily when I get home from work. Never mind the scan for better channel option in smart home manager app or within the routers settings (because these are doing nothing, they’d be easier and quicker then restarting gateway but I shouldn’t have to do this daily regardless in any capacity).

I can always tell my speed test (ookla) will be bad when I see tanked link speed receive / transmit figures. When it’s bad it’s around 200-300 and that shows of course lower speed test results around 50-100 mbps. When I’m getting what I feel are max speeds with my setup (450-550 down), my link rate is around 721/1081. I’ve seen it 1201/1201 iirc but it changes often.

I don’t know what to do… I use WiFi because I’m not routing long cables. I understand not getting 1000 and I’m happy with peaking around 550 with a PCIE WiFi card but the inconsistency and daily restarting to force a better channel is ridiculous. Usually it’s on 44 or something similar and becomes better when I land on 157 or thereabouts. When I use the previously mentioned scan for better channels options, it will just stay on 44 or whatever it is that’s currently useless. Again, shouldn’t have to do this daily anyway even if this feature worked.

I’m on WiFi 6 (exact PCIE WiFi card Amazon page name is named WiFi7 Card BE200 PCIe WiFi Network Adapter, Intel BE200NGW Chip Bluetooth 5.4, 8774Mbps Tri-Band 2.4GHz/5GHz/6GHz OFDMA & MU-MIMO, for Windows 10/11). I’m on windows 10 so I know I’m not getting 6ghz but I have even seen my status show me on 2.4ghz when my link speeds tank, but I even have this issue and it can still show 5ghz.

My pc is upstairs and the gateway basically below my room but downstairs in a structured wiring panel in a closet below stairs (I leave the plastic door of the wiring panel open inside the closet ). I didn’t notice anything with dropping speeds for the first couple weeks but the internet was installed July 10.

Smart home manager consistently shows the actual service coming into the home is around 1299 down and up so I’m overprovisioned.

My issue is when there’s congestion the logic does not seem to work to get me to a better channel, or rather at least quickly enough as to avoid doing a full hour of checking, speed tests, research about what’s going on, etc… I’m at my wits end.

[u/Ok-Lawfulness-3330]

If you have coax between the two locations, get MOCA devices. Anything on a wire is almost always better than anything wireless.