Since WMM is basically prioritizing video/audio over other traffic, and with a 2,5G pipe, should I turn off WMM? The other reason, I thought I have seen that with WMM off, WiFi performance improves - which is logical if audio/video is being prioritized higher.
Enable SSID broadcast: check Enable WMM (wi fi multimedia) settings: check CTS/RTS threshold: 2347 Enable Diasy Chain Topology: uncheck Enable Beamforming: uncheck (should I check this for better TV streaming) Enable MU-MIMO: check Enable fast roaming: uncheck UPnP: On 30/4 IPv6: disable Traffic Meter: disable Use a Dynamics DNS: uncheck ...
These days, WMM performance might be significant issue for the 5G band, but not the 2.4G band. Aside from enable/disable WMM, there is no option to tinker with individual components of Power Save Certification.
What I don't understand is while doing research I also read that turning off WMM bascially turns your wi-fi into "g" mode meaning (54 Mbps). I am definetly NOT getting "g" speeds with WMM off. Speed tests were still 350-400. So what's the deal with WMM? Did something change recently where WMM being off doesn't slow your speeds?
Disabling WMM Disables N? FW V2.2.1.210 While turning off WMM for both 2.4 and 5GHz in Advanced Setup -> WiFi Settings to see if my LIFX bulbs will stop randomly dropping the network, I noticed with WMM off my late 2011 MacBook Pro saw all access points as 20MHz 802.11a (for 5GHz) and 802.11b/g (for 2.4GHz) only, connecting via 802.11a at <50Mbps.
It might be worth mentioning that this WiFi Multi Media (WMM) Quality of Service is entirely different from the Quality of Service setting that customers often look for. Such as, for example, to specify that their gaming PC get a higher QoS than any other device on the network, no matter what it happens to be doing.