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slow wireless speeds on c7000
At home I have 800 MBPS plan through xfinity. A hardwired laptop connection to my c7000 gets me 789 mbps.(I'm Happy) At home with the C7000, I am using 5 megahertz signal but cannot get more that 13...
Looking at the specs for that adapter, its only a 2x2 adapter and max rate should be 867Mbps
The C7000 is a 3x3 and supports 1300Mpbs from what it's spec sheet shows:
https://www.netgear.com/images/datasheet/networking/CableModems/C7000.pdf
Just curious, have you tested other wifi devices connected to the C7000 5Ghz radio as well to compare results?
FURRYe38 wrote:Looking at the specs for that adapter, its only a 2x2 adapter and max rate should be 867Mbps
The C7000 is a 3x3 and supports 1300Mpbs from what it's spec sheet shows:
https://www.netgear.com/images/datasheet/networking/CableModems/C7000.pdf
Just curious, have you tested other wifi devices connected to the C7000 5Ghz radio as well to compare results?
Keep in mind the specification sheet connection rates are significantly higher than the real world throughput rate you will see in Ookla.
You need to educate yourself by reviewing the first few sections of the Duck Ware paper here:
https://www.duckware.com/tech/wifi-in-the-us.html
Your friends Xfinity leased gateway is most likely a XB6 or XB7 device. From a technology standpoint it is at least two or three generations newer than your C7000v2.
Yes I know. Well aware of real world bandwidth speeds vs connection rates.
Connection rates should be attainable at least. Bandwidth speeds are another animal.
However there are many other variables that may be causing not seeing these rates with his HW. I see that adapter is 2016ish era as well. Driver state, chipset compatibility modem config and such all play into this or impede proper connection rate handling. Would need to check and compare with other wifi devices to see if similar is seen or not. The C7000 is based of same R7000 HW I believe, just with a modem added.
Thank you for your help. I have tested other devices and they all run about 120MBPS. My laptop is the newest and most technically advanced device I have, so I was hoping to get the best performance with the laptop. I am very disappointed in Netgear if they advertise 1200 mbps and its really not available. That pretty much sucks and is deceptive advertising in my mind.
Can I buy the more advanced technology, if so, what would you recommend?
Well possible that the modem could be faulty or FW has causes problems with wifi so I would not call it deceptive advertising. Technically that is correct and any supporting device should see the higher rates, however again, there could be a problem on the modem that's not working right or is going bad.
if the modem portion is working, why not set modem only mode on this unit and install something more up to date. You could install any brand of wifi external router to the modem and go from there. Could install a stand alone wifi router or even a MESH system.