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Poor WiFi speed compared to Ethernet
I have a N300 C3000 cable modem+wifi router connected to comcast xfinity cable internet. When I connect any device using the ethernet cable, I get speeds of upto 225 Mbps (as against the promised 150...
Well, you should probably run a Wi-Fi analyzer and take stock of what Wi-Fi networks are active around you and the channels they are using. Then pick the least used channel. There are plenty of free Wi-Fi analyzer programs that you can download. Netgear's Genie program even has one. Pick one and try it.
As I mentioned further above, switching to 5 GHz can dramatically improve speeds. I'll recap the options:
- Replace the C3000 with a dual-band router/modem
- Add a dual-band router and put the C3000 into bridge mode
- Add a dual-band Access Point
Thanks for your quick reply. I DID chg channels yesterday b4 posting and went thru ALL the steps Netgear had...it did help some and seems to have stabilized today. I dont want to have to buy ANOTHER router when the C3000 should work...at least according to what as advertized. I will wait a few more days to see if the chgs I made keep holding. Thanks again for your help!!