Netgear N600 good speed on wired LAN but poor speed on WIFI (IPV4)

Question

I purchased N600 and i have xfinity 100 MBPS plan. Over wired LAN i am getting constant 89MBPS speed (on both ipv4 and ipv6). But over wifi speed drops to 15 MBPS on 5GHz line on IPv4. Surprisingly speed over IPV6 is 89 MBPS ! I am doing speedtest by http://speedtest.comcast.net/ which tests both IPV4 and IPv6 speeds. Moreover i also observed that my mobile phone (iPhone 5s ) drops wifi signal a couple of times. I am sharing my results:

Over Wired LAN :

IPV4 / IPV6 --> 89 MBPS

Over WiFI (5GHZ ) :

IPV4 - 15 MBPS

IPV6 - 89 MPBS

Over WIFI (2.4 GHz) :

IPV4 - 5 MBPS

IPV6 - 13 MPBS

So much variation.

md_faiz_ali · Answer

After a series of debugging session with Netgear and investing hours of my time testing this Netgear N600 (C3700), finally netgear came to amazing conclusion. Here is what Netgear has to say about this -&nbsp;&nbsp;"I am answering on behalf of my colleague. The results you are seeing on the C3700 are about the best you will get as it is a low power WIFI device. It is an N600 device so you should not expect to see the same performance you see on a much higher spec AC1750 device such as the C6300. The TP-Link Archer C7 device is also a higher spec AC1750 device so you will see improved speeds vs C3700 as it is way higher spec and high power WIFI. If you are looking for greater WIFI performance, we would recommend you purchase a higher spec device such as a C6300."&nbsp;&nbsp;Did you just see? Yes netgear itself says the poor speed is the BEST speed what C3700 can offer you ! Way to go Netgear !&nbsp;&nbsp;To Netgear on serious note - N600/C3700 adverstises speed upto 340 Mbps (as mentioned in the box and on your website). I agree this is theoritical speed and practically its not possible to get this speed. But you have to agree that there is absolutely no comparison between the advertised speed and the actual realtime speed. Speed like 12 Mbps down is a shame on Netgear to manufature such a bad quality product. As per common man's terms it is an act of 'cheating' with all those who buy your product by looking at the specification which you provide. My request is to please chnage the specifications and write clearly that the device can get you maximum of 25 Mbps speed.&nbsp;

md_faiz_ali · Answer

Hi Netgear Team,&nbsp;I have tested N600 throughly ( i am ready to share my results too ) and came to conclusion that N600 speed on wifi ( specially on 2.4GHZ ) channel doesn't matches even near to what we get on wired LAN. I have tested on xfinity 75 MBPS plan. I also tested Netgear AC 1750 and results were good. I was almost getting the simmilar speed on wireless as i get on wired LAN. I scheduled xfinity technician and certified my cable connection and the signal levels were fantastic. The fact that my connection is good, i am getting around 89 MBPS on wired LAN. But poor speed over WIFI clearly indicates that we have some problem with N600 hardrware/software. N600 advertises 300 MBPS speed and mentions its compatibility with xfinity, i am sorry to say that N600 fails to deliver what it advertises. I have called up netgear technical support several times. They even replaced the device two times but still i am having the same issue.&nbsp;&nbsp;At this point of time, i would request Netgear to issue me refund what i had put on the modem. I would like to hear from netgear team.&nbsp;&nbsp;Please reply soon.&nbsp;Thanks,Faiz

md_faiz_ali · Answer

For the the readers. I got call from Netgear. They took a long remote session, tested and took all config information. But still failed to provide solution / answer to this slow speed. The ticket is still open and i am working with Netgear. I will keep updating as and when Netgear progress on this case

md_faiz_ali · Answer

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DarrenM · Answer

Hello Md_faiz_ali

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I have sent you a Private Message about your case.

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DarrenM

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