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Slow wireless speed MR60
Hi, I am looking for some help as I am getting really slow wireless speeds from my MR60 mesh wifi. We are in the UK we have OFNL fibre broadband provided by Ashford, up to 900mbps. We the...
KaraBond wrote:
Wired to the router I get:
Ok so we know wired is GOOD.
I have 27 devices connected wirelessly at the minute, that is made up of a mixture of:
multiple iPhones & MacBooks (5GHz), a PC (5GHz), several Apple HomePods (5GHz), Ring security devices (2.4 GHz), tvs (5 GHz), washing machine (2.5GHz), 3 sky boxes (satellite tv).
We have 1 MS, however almost everything is showing as connected to the MR, anything connected to the satellite is on 2.4 GHz.
Wired: Philips hue bridge, Tado bridge, ring bridge, sky master box.
Are there any specific wifi settings do you want?
2.4GHz channel is set to auto, 5GHz is set to 44, and its using WPA2-Personal security.
Try channel 1 and 40 on the MR.
I don't understand this question: Any Wifi Neighbors near by? If so, how many?
Do you have home neighbors near by with wifi signals?
- our sky boxes have their own wifi network, otherwise there are no other wifi networks in the area. What happens if you turn these sky boxes and all bridged OFF? I'd turn off all wireless devices and test with just one Iphone or pad with the MR and see if speeds are still low.
Current Firmware: V1.1.6.122
Modem Mfr: Icotera
Moden Model: i5205-02
All of the cables are CAT6.
Our home is just under 2k sq ft, I honestly don't know the distance, but they are at opposite sides of the house.
We have tried disconnecting from the wifi and reconnecting when near the satellites and we are not seeing any speed improvement.
Firstly there’s a firmware update available and latest version as of now is V1.1.7.132.
Please update in a order to update the MS 🛰️ first and lastly the MR 📡
Once firmware update is done, I would suggest, please move the setting in MR60 to work in AP mode..
Advanced tab: Advanced setup>WirelessAP>Enable AP Mode
Choose IP Address: Get dynamically from existing router
Click ‘apply’ bottom right.
Let me know how it goes.
All the way from 🇮🇳
Thanks for the info, I was checking and it was saying no firmware update available but I manually updated them.
I made the additional change you suggested and it never reconnected, I ended up having to reset the router back to factory settings and then setting it up again.
Glad you got it working. Please mark your thread as solved so others will know. Be sure to save off a back up configuration to file for safe keeping. Saves time if a reset is needed.
https://kb.netgear.com/24231/How-do-I-back-up-the-router-configuration-settings-on-my-Nighthawk-router
Enjoy. 📡The issue isn't resolved, I have not seen any performance improvement since the firmware update, and thats the only thing that I have done so far that hasn't totally crashed the whole wifi.
If there are any other suggestions then I'd love to hear them, alternatively I will have to go and invest in another router as getting 25mbps is far from acceptable imo.