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XR500 WLAN Issues
I am usually able to get 132mbps download from my phone on my XR500... I am now only able to get about 2mbps what's going on???
what speeds do you get hardwired into it?
What device are you using?
are you testing on the 2.4ghz band or the 5ghz band?
Hardwired: 128mbps
Device: XR500
Testing: I tested both the 2.4 and 5ghz networks. They were both performing at the same speed.
Conclusion: It was a local test server issue. I manually switched testing servers and it tested fine. I don't think I could select which server to use from my ISP without configuring a VPN into the router but I'm not even sure that would work... What was weird is that my wired speeds were good but my wireless was suffering... It's odd... like my wired connection was using a different server address than the wireless speed test software 'speedtest.net'. I got the wired speed from my xbox which I'm sure uses Microsoft servers and those were perfect. My local ISP did go down shortly after I realized the issues and now it's operating fine. I'm using a bridged router to 'firewall' if you will because my local ISP throttles wireless speeds somehow. All is good now. Shouldn't the router tell me which wireless channels have interferance? I know it automatically switches between five or six channels on the fly dependent on which one is best I just wish I could view the RF of what's in my area. I know my old router used to do that... maybe they ran into FCC accredidtaion issues with privacy?