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AC1900 signal degradation?
I have been using a nighthawk ac1900 for a few years. The first year + it had solid range (1000 feet). Now I'm lucky if my signal goes 20 feet. I have upgraded the firmware, i have reset my modem and router hundreds of times. I have 500mbps download (lucky to get 140mbps right beside the router on 5ghz). If I am 20 feet away I'm lucky to get 10mbps. Is this router just shot? Been debating putting dd-wrt on it.
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azaria23 wrote:
I have been using a nighthawk ac1900 for a few years.
Which one?
AC1900 is not a reliable guide to model number. Many devices come with an AC tag, but it is essentially a label that Netgear, and other brands, attach to hardware to describe wifi speeds.
Look at the label on the device for the model number.
The first year + it had solid range (1000 feet).That is 10 times the expected range for 2.4 GHz wifi.
AC1900 signal degradation? - NETGEAR Communities
this post looks very familar with its description of 1000ft range. I know there was another but I didn't respond on it.
plemans wrote:
this post looks very familar with its description of 1000ft range. I know there was another but I didn't respond on it.
Is is an exact copy from a different account. (See the post I linked to.)
These duplicates usually presage a spam incursion of some sort.
