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higgsy1746
Aspirant
Jan 05, 2022

Direct connection speed dropped from 35Mbps to 10Mbps after setting up Netgear Extender wn3000rpv3

Our wifi was down our phoneline, which was at the end of the exchange, and downloads speeds were c.5Mbps and temperamental on a good day.

So today I got a 4g hub, set it up, connected laptop A and consistently got c.35 Mbps download speed.
Later this afternoon I went to the back of the house and set up the Netgear Extender (wn3000rpv3) in Extender Mode, connected the wife's laptop (B) using wps, and it consistently got c.25Mbps download speed.
All good.

But now that iv gone back to laptop A, still connected direct to the router/hub, download speeds have dropped to c.10Mbps, whereas laptop B is still getting 25Mbps through the extender.
I've also done the following fiddling:

 

  • Connected laptop A to the extender and also got c. 25Mbps, i.e. its higher through the extender, despite being closer to the router/hub. 
  • Having connected it to the extender, I then reconnected laptop A direct to the hub, got back to c.35Mbps, then it dropped to 10Mbps again within about 10 mins or so.
  • Switched the extender off, I still got c.10Mbps at Laptop A, and Laptop B obviously got zero.
  • Switched the extender on, I still got c.10Mbps at Laptop A, and Laptop B shot back to 25 Mbps.

Is it possible for the extender to have influenced the download speed of the laptop connected directly to the hub?
I wouldnt have thought so, but everything was fine until the minute I set the extender up.
Appreciated this may just be coincidence, but it seems a rather large one.

Cheers
Steve

 

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  • michaelkenward's avatar
    michaelkenward
    Guru - Experienced User

    higgsy1746 wrote:

    Our wifi was down our phoneline, which was at the end of the exchange, and downloads speeds were c.5Mbps and temperamental on a good day.


    Wifi doesn't come down the phoneline. That's how you get the Internet. This then feeds a device at your end and that provides the wifi.

     

    The speed of your wifi depends on the speed of the Internet.  What speed are you paying for?



    So today I got a 4g hub, set it up, connected laptop A and consistently got c.35 Mbps download speed.

    What is this 4g hub? Just because yiuy get a better "hub" – is it a modem router? – doesn't mean that you will get faster Internet.

     

    The WN3000RPv3 in your footer is a wireless access point. You either plug it into your router or connect it to the wifi from your router.

     

    You might get more help, and find earlier questions and answers specific to your device, in the appropriate section for your hardware. That's probably here:

    WiFi Range Extenders & Nighthawk Mesh - NETGEAR Communities

    I will ask the Netgear moderator to move your message.

    In the meantime you could visit the support pages:

    Support | NETGEAR

    Feed in your model number and check the documentation for your hardware. Look at the label on the device for the model number.

    You may have done this already. I can't tell from your message.

    I mention it because Netgear stopped supplying printed manuals and CD versions some years ago and people sometimes miss the downloads.

     

    • higgsy1746's avatar
      higgsy1746
      Aspirant

      Wifi doesn't come down the phoneline. That's how you get the Internet. This then feeds a device at your end and that provides the wifi.


      The speed of your wifi depends on the speed of the Internet.  

      Thats understood. Please pardon my brevity.

      By "Our wifi was down our phoneline" I meant that our home broadband was previously obtained via an Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line which utilised an existing phone system connected to the BT line.

      It is also understood that the speed of the wifi radio signal being received by a device is dependent upon the internet speed being received by the router providing that wifi radio signal: 'rubbish in - rubbish out'.

       



      What is this 4g hub? Just because yiuy get a better "hub" – is it a modem router? – doesn't mean that you will get faster Internet.


      Again, apologies for my brevity, and for any confusion caused.
      The point I had tried and failed to make here was that our home broadband was previously obtained as described above, and is now being obtained via mobile internet which utilises a 4G mobile phone network and a mobile broadband router connected to that network.
      The modem router was purchased from 3 / Three and is consistently advertised as a "4G Hub"; as such, I naively thought '4G Hub' to be a standard term, hence "today I got a 4g hub".


      You may have done this already. I can't tell from your message.

      With regard to your comments on the WN3000RPv3, they are also understood.

      I am aware of its age, have its manual, and have accessed its downloads etc.
      Apologies for not explaining this more fully in my initial post.

       

       

      I had provided these confusing elements of my initial post to help inform the background to the query, which seems ironic in hindsight.

      The only part of my post that I wanted a response to was the following question:

       

      • Is it possible for the extender to have influenced the download speed of the laptop connected directly to the hub?

        (By 'Extender' I mean the Netgear WN3000RPv3 Wireless Access Point being used to extend the range of my WiFi network as instructed by the relevant manual. My naivete may have played a role in further confusion here, as the manual described this bit of kit as a 'Range Extender', so I referred to it as an 'Extender')

      But I've got it sorted now, so this can be closed.

       


      For future queries I'll be sure to avoid brevity and marketing terms, and to provide as much information as possible.
      Cheers

      • michaelkenward's avatar
        michaelkenward
        Guru - Experienced User

        higgsy1746 wrote:

        By "Our wifi was down our phoneline" I meant that our home broadband was previously obtained via an Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line which utilised an existing phone system connected to the BT line.

        I thought that BT had ditched ADSL years go.

         

        I was on it for years. Now I have VDSL.

         

        What Internet delivery technology do you have now?

         


        The modem router was purchased from 3 / Three and is consistently advertised as a "4G Hub"; as such, I naively thought '4G Hub' to be a standard term, hence "today I got a 4g hub".

        4G mobile telephone stuff is not common so there may not be many people here who understand or use it.

         

        Does the thing from 3 have a  model number?

         

        This?

         

        4G Hub - Wireless Router | Three