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RBR50 wifi speeds slow despite 1Gb fiber plan from Frontier
Hi Everyone, I have a RBR50v2 which was previously hooked up to a Spectrum modem w/ a 400mb down 20 up plan. No issues for years. I recently switched the modem to a frontier modem for a 1GB fiber pla...
I called Netgear support and they had me change my channels off auto to some other channels as well as set my DNS settings off auto and to Googles DNS settings (8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4). This pretty much solved the issue! Getting around 520 download and ~400 upload. I'd say that's pretty good and likely the most i'll get.
This indeed is not what one would expect. People often have unrealistic expectations about performance over WiFi connections. (Try internet searches for "WiFi speed to expect", etc.)
However, in this case, something does appear to be "not right". My RBR50 delivers 360Mbps from a Spectrum cable connection, which is actually more than they guarantee. But, that is certainly more than 100Mbps. And, the same speed is reported by
- The router Speed Test
- A computer hard wired to the router
- Various devices connected over WiFi (laptop, tablet, smartphone)
What sort of devices are reporting this puny speed?
How are they connected to WiFi?
- Directly to the router or to a satellite?
- At 5G or 2.4G?