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I am not even getting one third of the speed
I have a NETGEAR C3000-100NAS on Comcast 400Mpbs deal. But when I test internet speed on my android phone sitting next to the modem, it reads 40mpbs I used to have 100Mpbs deal and yesterday I up...
2.4ghz is a slow network. it won't even hit the 100mbps that you had.
The 40mbps is more along the lines of how fast 2.4ghz is.
And the c3000 is single band. Meaning there isn't a 5ghz band to connect to (which is a faster wifi).
Plus, its not rated to the speeds you're paying for.
so,
1. tests its speed hardwired. and see what you get
2. upgrade. its not even rated to the speeds you're paying comcast for and even if its "up to 340mbps", its doubtful that it'll hit those speeds. I believe comcast only provisions it for something like 150-200mbps. (not 100% on that though)
And all those years I have been using, I was wondering how my speed never went above 40Mpbs. :(
Is the information on the box misleading? How will this modem achieve 340Mbps yet alone 100 if it is operating on 2.4 ghz?
Comcast is sending me a free modem so I will sell this and be done with it.
misterno wrote:
And all those years I have been using, I was wondering how my speed never went above 40Mpbs. :(
Is the information on the box misleading? How will this modem achieve 340Mbps yet alone 100 if it is operating on 2.4 ghz? ----Wifi specs have been over rated since they first came out. Between network overhead, antenna's used, interference, etc they're very over rated. You can read more about it here: https://www.duckware.com/tech/wifi-in-the-us.html
In terms of the modem, Netgear can rate it based on the max specs the modem will pull down under ideal circumstances. ISP's rate it for what they'll actually push down via its specs/capabilities. So in theory (and for some ISP's) it'll hit the 340mbps over wired. But Comcast doesn't certify it for that.
Comcast is sending me a free modem so I will sell this and be done with it.
misterno wrote:
And all those years I have been using, I was wondering how my speed never went above 40Mpbs
As stated above - the key factors are with all devices participating in the connection.
misterno wrote:
Is the information on the box misleading? How will this modem achieve 340Mbps yet alone 100 if it is operating on 2.4 ghz?
No, the specs are very informative and correct. The 340 Mb/s are the cable modem capacity. The WiFi on the cable modem/router is - as explained before - a N300 2x2 40 MHz. And again as explained above it's well possible your mobile phone is coming with a very basic WiFi client, most likely 1x1 and 20 MHz only. This does translte to some 72.2 Mb/s PHY link rate, leaving some 40 Mb/s in real world testing makes perfect sense under ideal conditions. Perfectly sufficient to surf the Internet from a mobile phone, listen to some music, watch YouTube videos, ....
misterno wrote:
Comcast is sending me a free modem so I will sell this and be done with it.
Well, better read the above explanations again.... Not sure if this will bring a more capable wireless client to your (still unspecified) mobile phone.
Modem? Hope they send you a modem-WiFi-router combo ....
