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N150 WNR1000 v3 slow Wifi speed
My Internet service provider recently upgraded my service to 100MBPS. I use a motorola surfboard modem and i get 100mbps when connect my laptop directly to the modem. I also get 100 MBPS when i connect my alptop to N150 through ethernet cable (LAN). But when i connect (only one laptop is connected to the router) through wireless, i get only around 40mbps. I tried the below options but no improvement
1. Changed the mode to "upto 150 mbps" (tried with "Enable 20/40Hz Coexistence" and without "Enable 20/40Hz Coexistence")
2. Changed the MTU size less than 1500
One confusing aspect to this - wifi speeds (like N150) are "link speeds", which are always a lot higher than real-world throughput. You can think of the "link speeds" as "marketing speeds".
For instance, while 802.11g does have a link speed up to 54 mbits - the throughput generally won't exceed 20 mbits. The theoretical max throughput is 27 mbits - much lower than the link speed.
40 mbits is about right for an 802.11n router - see the info here: http://www.speedguide.net/faq/what-is-the-actual-real-life-speed-of-wireless-374
To go faster on wifi you'll need an 802.11ac router (using the 5 ghz band). Check your client device specs before upgrading, since you won't get any speed improvments if the clients can't use the new wifi modes.
As noted above, you might also get faster wired speeds with a gigabit router. Sometimes the ISP will exceed the service you are paying for, and sometimes there are burst modes that can exceed the service grade for short transfers.
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Wifi will never be as fast as a wired connection. And you have an old box that dates back to 2010, with slower wifi than new hardware.
Here is one of many articles that explain this stuff:
How Fast Is 802.11g Wi-Fi Networking?
According to that one:
The 802.11g standard for wireless networking supports a maximum bandwidth of 54 Megabits per second (Mbps).
I would have thought that 40 Mbps isn't bad.
Is there anything you can't do at this speed? A new a newer router might help. It isn't obvious that WNR1000 v3 provides 5G wifi which is faster, but has a shorter range.
By the way, your router will also hit a LAN limit. You are limited to 100 Mbps. Newer hardware does 1 Gbps (1000 Mbps).
In effect, your Internet connection is faster than your local LAN.
One confusing aspect to this - wifi speeds (like N150) are "link speeds", which are always a lot higher than real-world throughput. You can think of the "link speeds" as "marketing speeds".
For instance, while 802.11g does have a link speed up to 54 mbits - the throughput generally won't exceed 20 mbits. The theoretical max throughput is 27 mbits - much lower than the link speed.
40 mbits is about right for an 802.11n router - see the info here: http://www.speedguide.net/faq/what-is-the-actual-real-life-speed-of-wireless-374
To go faster on wifi you'll need an 802.11ac router (using the 5 ghz band). Check your client device specs before upgrading, since you won't get any speed improvments if the clients can't use the new wifi modes.
As noted above, you might also get faster wired speeds with a gigabit router. Sometimes the ISP will exceed the service you are paying for, and sometimes there are burst modes that can exceed the service grade for short transfers.
