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shelmi
Jan 12, 2022Aspirant
Slow Wireless Connection XR1000
When I directly connect to my cable/router modem (Motorola MG7700 Modem WiFi Router) via ethernet, the speed goes 600+Mb. However, my 5-GHz Wifi never exeeded 200Mb (and the 2Ghz is around 85Mb). I s...
shelmi
Jan 12, 2022Aspirant
Thank you so much for your detailed reply :).
Option 1 is not an option, because my ISP doesn't help if the modem is not their rental.
I tried option 3 (Enabled AP) but the speed is still around 200Mb (haven't rebooted the modem, just rebooted the router).
I also tried option 2 (please kindly see below images if I did it correctly), but in all cases the wireless speed never exceeded 200Mb:
Router IP from modem:
DMZ setting on the cable modem:
FURRYe38
Jan 21, 2022Guru - Experienced User
Is WMM, MIMO and Beamforming enabled on the router?
Check the connection rate of your wireless device with wifisweetspots with your device connected near the router.
Might try a factory reset and setup from scratch.
DMZ looks good.
shelmi wrote:
Thank you so much for your detailed reply :).
Option 1 is not an option, because my ISP doesn't help if the modem is not their rental.
I tried option 3 (Enabled AP) but the speed is still around 200Mb (haven't rebooted the modem, just rebooted the router).
I also tried option 2 (please kindly see below images if I did it correctly), but in all cases the wireless speed never exceeded 200Mb:Router IP from modem:
DMZ setting on the cable modem: