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N300 Wireless Gigabit Router Slowing Internet
Hello - I get 100 MBPS Download / 5 MBPS upload through my modem (about 10 YO Arris Surfboad SB6121) -- hardwired from that to a PC I receive close to 125 down / 5.5 up When I connected a used Ne...
the router might be 5 years for you but that device was manufactured 13 years ago. i was released in 2008.
You might try reinstalling the firmware to it in case the version its on was corrupt. A reset only clears out settings.
thats something you can try.
but it might be time to look at an upgrade for that router. Its quite far behind on technology
I appreciate the reply and that's great perspective. That seems ancient. I will look for a new combo unit to replace this --- speed is too irregular -- I just tried another test and it got up to 46 down / 2 up on one machine, 12/1 on another, and 30/2 on a third. So ... yeah irregular. Thanks again.
Also to note, sometimes the power adapters go bad causing the router to lose wifi and connection to the modem. I have had routers have those symptoms before and when I tried a different power adapter my problems dissapeared
A power supply isn't a bad option to try. but if you don't have one from something else to try, I wouldn't buy one. The money would be better saved for upgrading. Again, its a bit old of a devices.
Make sure you have the exact same voltage and polarity. You can have higher amperage though
- Thanks all. I tried a separate power adapter. It fixed things for a few mins then back to slow. I opted to buy the Nighthawk AC1900 combo unit.