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Why is my NETGEAR EX6100v2 so slow?
I have a comcast modem/router. Comcast says it is their most current version. At Speedtest.net and fast.com my laptop says I am working between 160 and 300 MB I have a EX61000v2 to boost the signal do...
gordon144 wrote:Thanks for the help thus far! You have already helped with the 2.4 vs 5 GHZ question.
I was testing and it seems all my devices default to the 2.4. So, I tested the speed just now and found -
My Comcast modem/ Router #XFSETUP-8410 is going at 160 MBPS.
My extender at 5.0GHZ is 88
My extender at 2.4GHZ is 18
This is a huge difference between 2.4 and 5.0. SO the trick will be to figure out how to make allthe devices use the 5.0 GHZ first.
For the extender firmware, I dont know where to find the version I am running. but I just upgraded it yesterday and I remember I was running on xxx1.7 and it told me that my downloaded new firmworuld be something xxx1.9. That is installed.
Is there any downside to having all my devices use the 5.0 GHZ vers the 2.4GHZ? 88 speed is tolerable for me.
Thanks!
88mbps is about what you'd expect if you're pulling 160mbps from the main comcast device.
Same with what you're getting on 2.4ghz.
there isn't much downside to keeping devices on the 5ghz. Reason why is becuase it does have such higher throughput, data requests are accomplished faster so it has more availability than the 2.4ghz band. Plus its suffers from less interference than 2.4ghz.
If you do decide you want more speed, check into the triband extenders. They reserve a 5ghz chip just for router-----extender communication and therefore don't take nearly the same speed hit the standard extenders do.
Thanks for the help thus far! You have already helped with the 2.4 vs 5 GHZ question.
I was testing and it seems all my devices default to the 2.4. So, I tested the speed just now and found -
My Comcast modem/ Router #XFSETUP-8410 is going at 160 MBPS.
My extender at 5.0GHZ is 88
My extender at 2.4GHZ is 18
This is a huge difference between 2.4 and 5.0. SO the trick will be to figure out how to make allthe devices use the 5.0 GHZ first.
For the extender firmware, I dont know where to find the version I am running. but I just upgraded it yesterday and I remember I was running on xxx1.7 and it told me that my downloaded new firmworuld be something xxx1.9. That is installed.
Is there any downside to having all my devices use the 5.0 GHZ vers the 2.4GHZ? 88 speed is tolerable for me.
Thanks!
gordon144 wrote:Thanks for the help thus far! You have already helped with the 2.4 vs 5 GHZ question.
I was testing and it seems all my devices default to the 2.4. So, I tested the speed just now and found -
My Comcast modem/ Router #XFSETUP-8410 is going at 160 MBPS.
My extender at 5.0GHZ is 88
My extender at 2.4GHZ is 18
This is a huge difference between 2.4 and 5.0. SO the trick will be to figure out how to make allthe devices use the 5.0 GHZ first.
For the extender firmware, I dont know where to find the version I am running. but I just upgraded it yesterday and I remember I was running on xxx1.7 and it told me that my downloaded new firmworuld be something xxx1.9. That is installed.
Is there any downside to having all my devices use the 5.0 GHZ vers the 2.4GHZ? 88 speed is tolerable for me.
Thanks!
88mbps is about what you'd expect if you're pulling 160mbps from the main comcast device.
Same with what you're getting on 2.4ghz.
there isn't much downside to keeping devices on the 5ghz. Reason why is becuase it does have such higher throughput, data requests are accomplished faster so it has more availability than the 2.4ghz band. Plus its suffers from less interference than 2.4ghz.
If you do decide you want more speed, check into the triband extenders. They reserve a 5ghz chip just for router-----extender communication and therefore don't take nearly the same speed hit the standard extenders do.
PLEMANS -
Thanks for the clear reply! I am resolved for the speed issue. Now I need to go into various devices and figure out how to set the network priorities so they dont default to the 2.4 network. I am noticing that that on the same devices - sometimes the 5.0 extended network does not come up as a selection. It is like either the 5.0 network is not consistently broadcasting - or it is just not as powerful of a broadcast and my devices cant select it because it is not strong enough.
Thanks!
Do you have the same ssid set for the 2.4ghz and 5ghz name? if so, simply add a 5g at the end of the 5ghz signal and then you'll know which one is the better signal.
And it might not come up on all devices because not all devices are dual band. many cheaper phones/laptops/tablets are single band 2.4ghz devices.
It could be that the reason on some devices that I cant see the 5 G is the devices only accept 2.4. But even on my brand new Galaxy S10 cell phone, sometimes I see the 5 GEXT signal and sometimes I only see the 2.4 GEXT signal. Maybe the 5 GEXT signal is weaker.
The two signals are named -
GordonHome_2GEXT
and
GordonHome_5GEXT
Is that what you mean by SSID names?
Thanks!