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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 30, 2018Guru - Experienced User
Ran some basic testing with a DIR-880L in wireless bridge mode connected to 5Ghz to the XR450. Could not get speeds on the down much over 100Mb. Bad upload speeds on the UP, nothing much over 10Mb. 880L is about 15-20 feet away line of site.
I may revert back to initial FW on the 450 and re-test again. This was my oriignal plan after getting the 450 setup however something seemed to auto update with ouy my knowledge. :smileymad: