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Billyfair
Aug 11, 2018Tutor
XR450 not giving full speeds on 2.4GHZ band
Just bought an XR450 from Costcon on sale and relized it is not giving my full speeds on the 2.4GHZ band. I should be getting 100 down but instead i'm getting 80 down on this new router. My old Asus ...
FURRYe38
Aug 11, 2018Guru - Experienced User
Ok, with a Windows 7x64 PC connected to a D-Link DWA-192 USB 3.0 wireless adatper.
Windows showed the connection rate to be 450Mb between the adatper and 2.4Ghz radio:
I'm getting over 100Mb on the down: http://www.speedtest.net/result/7544572747
Definately closer to 200Mb for my ISP spec.
Connecting at 5Ghz, I'm seeing 1.3Gb connection rate between the adapter and 5Ghz radio: http://www.speedtest.net/result/7544587076
Seems that maybe there could be a problem with iPhones and the 2.4Ghz radio on the 450...