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SuperTweaker
Sep 02, 2015Aspirant
Less than 100mbps on WNR2000v3
My ISP has increased our speed from 105 to 150mbps down. I plug my computer directly into the router and only get 95mbps. When I plug directly into the modem I get 175mpbs, higher than the boosted ...
- Sep 02, 2015
You need a router with Gigabit Ethernet ports (and WAN port), which would be many of the routers that followed the WNDR3700 (my first gigabit router). Personally I would recommend the R7000 but there are plenty of cheaper models that would serve your purposes, you just need to ‘Google’ ‘Netgear gigabit router’ and you should find plenty of options.
Babylon5
Sep 02, 2015NETGEAR Employee Retired
You need a router with Gigabit Ethernet ports (and WAN port), which would be many of the routers that followed the WNDR3700 (my first gigabit router). Personally I would recommend the R7000 but there are plenty of cheaper models that would serve your purposes, you just need to ‘Google’ ‘Netgear gigabit router’ and you should find plenty of options.
SuperTweaker
Sep 02, 2015Aspirant
Thanks for your help. BestBuy was having a sale on the N600 Combo Modem/Router. Just got through setting up. I am now getting over 150mbps on both Ethernet Ports and 50mbps on the Wireless. Easy setup, just had to contact Comcast to register/activate the modem.
Thanks for your help. Kudos!
- Babylon5Sep 02, 2015NETGEAR Employee Retired
That’s great, what model number is that, C3700?
- SuperTweakerSep 03, 2015Aspirant
Babylon5 wrote:That’s great, what model number is that, C3700?
Yes, C3700. I have tweaked the older computers (32Bit) to give them optimized performance. I then went to work on our Kindle Fire which can see both IPv4 and IPv5 wireless connections. Below are the results of Comcast Speed Tests from the most modern W7 64 Bit Desktop Gaming PC. I double checked at speednet.net to make sure they are regiserting similar speeds - they are. good price at Amazon right now
- ElaineMSep 04, 2015NETGEAR Employee Retired