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jkeats
Novice
Mar 19, 2015
Solved

Fast LAN speed/slow WiFi speeds

I sent in a ticket to support on this but still haven't come up with a solution so I thought maybe some forum users might have an idea... I've got the WNDR4300 with the latest firmware. I use an A...
Hardware
  • vnktsn's avatar
    vnktsn
    Nov 03, 2015

    Doing a factory reset on my router WNDR4300 with latest firmware solved the issue. Now I am able to get 89MBPS on 5g & 75MBPS on 2g. Thanks a lot.

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ElaineM
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Dec 02, 2015

Rxrep Just to verify, you've done reset after upgrading to the latest firmware, right?

Did you try adjusting the MTU? 

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    downbad
    Aspirant
    Dec 11, 2015

    This is a Netgear router problem. I have Cox Digital Cable and i'm having the same problems as everyone else. I'm paying for 50mbps service and I get that through LAN but i'm getting between 2-6 mbps over WiFi. My firmware is 1.03.03 but their site says the latest version is 1.02.10. I have no interferance and i'm the only signal around.

    • downbad's avatar
      downbad
      Aspirant
      Dec 11, 2015

      UPDATE:

       

      After playing with some settings i've been able to get my speeds up to half of my wired speeds (from 2 mpbs to 25 mbps).

       

      Here are my settings:


      Securtiy: WPA2-PSK[AES] (I read TKIP reduces bandwidth)

      802.11 mode: Up to 450 mbps

      WMM Support: On

      No-Acknowledgement: Off

      Power Save Support: On

      Fragmentation Threshold: 2346

      CTS/RTS Threshold: 2347

      Preamble Mode: Short (***This made the difference***)

       

      There is an app for andriod that analyzes the wifi channels and tells you which channel is being used the least. I've read its best to pick one instead of being on auto. The app is called Wifi Analyzer and is free.