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Router Output Speed - Netgear N300 Wireless Router
I have internet service from Spectrum advertised at 200 mbps. I tried plugging the coax into my Netgear CM400 High Speed Cable Modem then directly into PC and did a speed test and verified this servi...
MYnetGD49 wrote:
When I plug the modem into my Netgear N300 Wireless Router and choose the option for a maximum of 300 mbps, then plug it into my computer and do a speed test I only get about 70-80 mbps.
You don't say what that router is. It is an important factor. N300 is not a reliable guide to model number. Many devices come with that tag, but it is essentially a label that Netgear, and other brands, attach to hardware to describe wifi speeds.
The bad news is that N300 technology is seriously old, a decade or more. One consequence of this is that their LAN ports are also old standard.
For many of those old devices, the LAN and WAN support only 10BASE-T or 100BASE-TX. (That's 100 Mbps.)That makes it slower than many newer internet services and most modern network hardware. This may not matter to you, but be warned that it will hobble you if you ever sign up for faster Internet. It also slows down whatever is going on in your local network. Newer devices support 1000BASE-TX.
MYnetGD49 wrote:
How do I get the 200 mbps out of my router?
If my guess is right, you can't. But tell us the model number and you will get a more informed answer.