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matrix1781
Aspirant
Nov 17, 2015

Netgear C3000 LAN speed ok slow wifi

hi   I have a netgear C3000 modem. My ISP is Comcast and the plan speed is 50MPS. My wired conenction seems to yield that speed but wireless drops to 12MBPs or even 5 MBPs most of the time. Tried c...
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ltlepaw
Tutor
Dec 15, 2015

Has this ever been solved? We bought this in June, and have had problems throughout. Comcast has officially washed their hands of us. And the only thing I get from Netgear is to purchase and $80 month help service.

  • md_faiz_ali's avatar
    md_faiz_ali
    Guide
    Dec 16, 2015

    Beware donot fall in the trap of $80 service, better spend that money on some good Wifi Router. As i got to know from my internal sources ( employees working in Netgear ) This is a know issue in Netgear hardware. They have released this product with a major bug. I replaced netgear device with Arris 8141 (modem) + Archer C7 wifi router. It works like charm with blasting speed. Choice is yours

  • twessman88's avatar
    twessman88
    Aspirant
    Apr 08, 2016

    I am having the same issue. It literally stopped working at day 91. Very convienent. My speed with Ethernet is over 90mbps and without is 2mbps. Anyone have any ideas on how to fix this?

    • DarrenM's avatar
      DarrenM
      Sr. NETGEAR Moderator
      Apr 13, 2016

      Hello twessman88

       

      Have you tried to adjust the WIfi channel to see if this improves the wifi speed?

       

      DarrenM

      • stewilliams138's avatar
        stewilliams138
        Aspirant
        May 19, 2016

        Hey,

         

        I just bought this item had the same issue, troubleshooted this several times with Netgear no avail.  Changed wireless settings, the fragmentation legnth ect, nothing worked.  I got frustrated because I did not know if it was my OS or the new modem/router.  I did know that my mac was getting good wifi signals most of the time at the correct speeds, just not my windows PC.  I finally gave the mode/router one more shot and went into the settings 192.168.0.1 go to advanced settings/administration/router mode.  Ensure that this is turned on.  By default, nothing is filled.  I think this is the reason for the inconsistent signals I was getting prior.  It's not guarantted to boost your speed that you were exp prior, but it should fix the overal connection you were getting, it definitely increased my connection and speed; although the speed test dont really reflect any changes on internet speed test sites.  I am still running the original version 1.0.1.11 and have not updated that and this is not a prb and my ISP is Time Warner Cable.  Hopefully this fix helps you, not sure why the default for router mode is not on "yes". 

         

        Hope this helps.