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DenimDick
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Aug 01, 2022

RAX43 (sudden) drop in Wifi Speed

Product: Netgear NightHawk RAX43 Approx. 1 Yr. Old (just out of warranty)   Problem:  1.Until yesterday: a.  Ethernet Speed of 300 - 325 Mbps  b.  Wifi:  2.4 Ghz speed btw  250 and 300 Mbps - fr...
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DenimDick
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Aug 02, 2022

Thank you for the reply / suggestions Plemans!

 

RE: 

 

1. " reinstalling ... "   I will update the post on this one.   I have held out on reinstalling (flashing) the firmware as I have the ISP service tech coming out to take a look at their equipment.    If they don't find anything wrong on their end I will try this 🙂

2. "... never seen .."    I think I overstated the 2.4Ghz speed -  although I was looking at through put and not link  speed.   I went back and viewed my history of tests and the highest that I hit on 2.4 was 240.    I was testing right next to the router so distance did not come in to play for this (stored) result. 

 

3. ".... hitting 300 .. "   Yep.    But I am in an area north of PHX were all the homes are on 1 to 1 1/3 acres with no two-story homes and no powerlines.  We are also nestled between 3 (not yet sold) "state trust land" plots (1 sq mile each)  so not a lot of interference from commercial development.

 

Again, thank you for the response and I will update the post once I have greater insight from my ISP tech.

 

Best Regards,

 

Rick

 

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