I have been using the Netgear XAVB2001 power line adapter for many years, and achieving speeds of about 30 Mbps at my connected desktop computer using a Verizon Fios router. In order to upgrade my home Wi Fi speeds, I just converted to the newer high speed Verizon Quantum router. The Wi Fi speed in the house did indeed increase a great deal (nearly 50 Mbps), but the internet speed at my computer, through the same Netgear setup, did not increase and actually decreased somewhat. I installed the latest Netgear firmware upgrade (V0.2.0.5NA) to my adapter but this only increased the speed at the connected computer by a very small amount. Is there anything I can do to obtain the higher speed from my router through the power line adapter, or at least get back to where I was before the router upgrade?

Hi meltravel, Welcome to Community! For isolation purposes, please try to connect the 2nd adapter and 1st adapter in same area with the router. Check if you are getting the same speed or higher. Regards, JamesGL Community Team

Today at 4:28 PM James,My desktop computer and the router are located at opposite ends of the house. For your experiment, I used a 50 foot electrical power extension cord and plugged in the computer end Netgear adapter much closer to the second adapter located at the router, as you suggested. This indeed did raise my internet speed to the full speed of the new Verizon router. Unfortunately I cannot practically use the extension cord on a permanent basis, so this does not really solve my problem. Would a newer model Netgear power line adapter set be any better for my situation? Meltravel

meltravel, You may try to use another powerline adapter but let me set your expectation that you might get the same result due to the distance between the 2 adapters. The data runs through the circuit, the longer the distance the slower the connection. Regards, JamesGL Community Team

James,Thanks for your reply. What I do not understand is that the distance between the adapters did not change when I installed the newer higher speed Verizon router. Yet, with the higher speed router, all other things remaining the same, the internet speed at my desktop computer actually decreased somewhat. It seems like the Netgear adapters somehow were more compatible with the older router operating at the slower speed than the new router at the higher speed. To me, this seems somewhat illogical.

Hi meltravel, May I know what was your previous subscription speed from verizon and your previous speed you can get the powerline. Regards, JamesGL Community Team

Decrease in Netgear internet speed after installing new Verizon router

18 Replies

JamesGL
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Aug 29, 2015
Hi meltravel,

Welcome to Community!

For isolation purposes, please try to connect the 2nd adapter and 1st adapter in same area with the router. Check if you are getting the same speed or higher.

Regards,

JamesGL

Community Team
- meltravel
  Aspirant
  Aug 29, 2015
  
  Today at 4:28 PM
  
  James,
  My desktop computer and the router are located at opposite ends of the house. For your experiment, I used a 50 foot electrical power extension cord and plugged in the computer end Netgear adapter much closer to the second adapter located at the router, as you suggested. This indeed did raise my internet speed to the full speed of the new Verizon router. Unfortunately I cannot practically use the extension cord on a permanent basis, so this does not really solve my problem. Would a newer model Netgear power line adapter set be any better for my situation?
  
  Meltravel
  - JamesGL
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    Sep 02, 2015
    meltravel,
    
    You may try to use another powerline adapter but let me set your expectation that you might get the same result due to the distance between the 2 adapters. The data runs through the circuit, the longer the distance the slower the connection.
    
    Regards,
    
    JamesGL
    
    Community Team
SamirD
Prodigy
Oct 21, 2015
f their router is set at gigabit full deplex, then manually set the netgear to the same and see what happens.
- meltravel
  Aspirant
  Oct 21, 2015
  As I wrote earlier, my Netgear AV 200 Adapter Kit XAVB2001 has only two buttons (Security and Factory Reset). So how do I manually set the Netgear to the same speed as the router?
SamirD
Prodigy
Oct 21, 2015
Theres a configuration program that you can download that should let you change the parameters.

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Decrease in Netgear internet speed after installing new Verizon router