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Pedro_FTNT
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Article Id 280678
Description

This article describes how to solve Wireless throughput limitations or transfer speed.

 

If that throughput is a problem, avoid WPA security encrypted with Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) as it supports communications only at 54 Mbps.

 

Testing wireless connections it is possible to have values around 20 - 54 Mbps.

Scope FortiGate.
Solution
  • Edit VAP configuration.
  • Review encryption protocol.
  • Change to the default value: AES.


config wireless-controled vap
    edit <SSID>
        set encryption TKIP ---> change to AES.
end

 

  • To know about FortiOS wireless controller and FortiAP:

Troubleshoot the FortiOS wireless controller and FortiAP units 

Troubleshoot the FortiOS wireless controller Throughput issues

set encrypt [TKIP|AES|...]