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rpvp1234
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Jun 14, 2020

AC3000 router very slow WiFi with google fiber

I have google gigabit internet. I wanted to use this AC3000 tri Band WiFi router (R7850) with my google internet. I have connected it to one of the ethernet port of google router. I am getting gigabit output from both Google and this AC3000 router wired connection. I get more than 300 MB WiFi speed on my google, but on my AC3000 router I barely reach 60Mb speed when I tested speed with okla speedtest. Speedtest from netgear app is fake and its always showing around 290MB. 

I have tried with and without AP mode of AC3000 router no difference. I was reading about bridge mode, but I dont see that option in both google fiber modem/router or Ac3000 router. What are the suggestions to get good speed on this router.

I started thinking now router WiFi bad, may be should return this router? 

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  • michaelkenward's avatar
    michaelkenward
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    Jun 14, 2020
    rpvp1234 wrote:

    I have google gigabit internet. I wanted to use this AC3000 tri Band WiFi router (R7850) with my google internet. I have connected it to one of the ethernet port of google router.

     

    The R7850 is AC3200 not AC3000. But AC3000 is not a reliable guide to model number. Many devices come with an AC tag, but it is essentially a label that Netgear, and other brands, attach to hardware to describe wifi speeds. Your footer says R7900. Is that it? 

     

    Two routers = headaches.

     

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    rpvp1234 wrote:

    I have tried with and without AP mode of AC3000 router no difference.

     

    Yes, but how did you go about it? You need to set these things up properly. You can't just run around plug things in and out, hoping for the best.

    Put the router into AP mode, and then restart your network.

     

    If you visit the support pages:

    Support | NETGEAR

    you can feed in your model number and find the documentation for your hardware.

     

    rpvp1234 wrote:

    I was reading about bridge mode, but I dont see that option in both google fiber modem/router or Ac3000 router.

     

    You'll have to ask Google about that. Or tell people what the modem/router thing is. Again, the model number is the only true guide.