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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 ...
Using a Mac Mini, it's wifi reports connecting at 195-220Mb on 2.4Ghz and 450Mb on 5ghz which I believe thats the Minis max connection rates.
2.4Ghz
http://www.speedtest.net/result/7544634184
5Ghz: http://www.speedtest.net/result/7544637056
2.4Ghz
Connecting my D-Link DWA-192 to the Mini: http://www.speedtest.net/result/7544623459
Possible APPLE wifi issue with 2.4Ghz and the 450...
I am not using an Apple prodcut to test the speeds.
- Did you use a WiFi analyser to find the least congested channel to change to? Do you have another device to test 2.4GHz wireless speed on?
I have done all of that.
- What results did you get on other devices? May be the device doesn't support mu-mimo or beamforming so could disable those in Advanced WiFi settings. Otherwise would recommend contacting Netgears 24/7 support line
What devices
Billyfair wrote:
I am not using an Apple prodcut to test the speeds.
are you using to test 2.4Ghz?Pixel 2 XL and Nexus 6P
