Is my old WNDR 4500 slowing me down?

Question

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

plemans · Answer

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.&nbsp;

Jiefoo · Answer

OK I'll try that. Thanks a lot!J

michaelkenward · Answer

Jiefoo&nbsp;wrote:
Sorry!! One more question. My android tv is connect to the router with a new CAT6a cable. Speeds are up to 88Mbps. 
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Most TVs I have encountered have a LAN port that has a top speed of 100 Mbps. This is plenty fast enough for the traffic that TVs have to handle.
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The WNDR4500 range dates from 2013. It has Gigabit Ethernet, mush faster than your TV, but the N900 wifi is several generations behind the curve. A lot has changed in the past decade.
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Whether or not it is fast enough for your needs is up to you. Do you find things are running horribly slow on wifi?
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michaelkenward · Answer

You would not be alone in getting fixated on speed tests.
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Then again, if you are just looking for en excuse to buy a new router ....

Jiefoo · Answer

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.

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Is my old WNDR 4500 slowing me down?

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