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samww
Aspirant
Nov 29, 2017

AC1750 Cable Modem, Wi-Fi Router C6300. My 2.4ghz is SUPER slow but 5ghz is just fine. PLEASE HELP

AC1750 Cable Modem, Wi-Fi Router C6300. My 2.4ghz is SUPER slow but 5ghz is just fine. PLEASE HELP  I had this cable modem router a year and no problems until yesterday. My 2.4ghz connection to the ...
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DarrenM
Sr. NETGEAR Moderator
Dec 01, 2017

Do you have any really old devices connected to the 2.4ghz it could be dragging the speed down. you may want to disconnect everything from the 2.4 and test devices one at a time until you find out what is slowing it down.

 

DarrenM

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samww
Aspirant
Dec 01, 2017

I have all my cellphones connect to the 5.0ghz network,  i only have one device that connect to the 2.4ghz and that is my laptop, and my laptop isn't very old i got it 2 years ago.

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    DarrenM
    Sr. NETGEAR Moderator
    Dec 07, 2017

    Have you made sure the laptop has the latest wireless network drivers?

     

    DarrenM