Airport 6th Gen. USB Transfer Speeds via Wifi

[bladerunner2000]

I've currently got a 4th gen Airport Extreme and often use a 2TB external hard drive connected to it via USB. Transfer speeds almost never surpass 15mb/s via wifi.

Does anyone know how fast the wifi transfer speeds are on a connected USB drive in a 6th gen airport extreme?

 

[Altemose]

Does anyone know how fast the wifi transfer speeds are on a connected USB drive in a 6th gen airport extreme?

Generally, I see speeds of 20-25 MB/s (Megabytes per Second) on a USB 2.0 Western Digital hard drive attached to my Extreme.

 

[bladerunner2000]

Generally, I see speeds of 20-25 MB/s (Megabytes per Second) on a USB 2.0 Western Digital hard drive attached to my Extreme.

Wow, so not much of an improvement.... that's terrible. Why are the speeds so slow?

 

[Altemose]

Wow, so not much of an improvement.... that's terrible. Why are the speeds so slow?

The Extreme is not an NAS device in nature, it is simply a secondary feature. That being said, I find the performance to be quite acceptable for all of my needs including Time Machine, software installs, and video content.