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Jiefoo
Jul 21, 2022Tutor
Is my old WNDR 4500 slowing me down?
I have a high speed fibre optic connection in Japan with a max speed of 1Gbps. On either the 2GHz or 5GHz band, with or without connecting via NordVPN, my D/L speed tests return anywhere from 15Mbps to 50Mbps and my U/L speeds are usually around 100Mbps. My PC is very new and when connected at work I get 140Mbps D/L.
Is my old WNDR 4500 probably the cause of my substandard speed at home? I'm probably going to get a new router soon anyway, but in the meantime is there anything I can do to speed things up?
Thanks for your help,
J
8 Replies
Factory reset the router and during the install, make sure to leave any additional settings such as qos, access control, traffic monitoring, parental controls, etc all disabled.
- JiefooTutor
OK I'll try that. Thanks a lot!
J
- JiefooTutor
OK so after the factory reset, the 2GHz band is around 30-40mbps and the 5GHz band is getting just of 100mbps. Are these the kinds of speeds I should expect from this router? Given that I have a 1Gps connection would a newer, faster router likely result in faster speeds? Thanks again.