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sextonmt
Feb 24, 2021Follower
Netgear WNDR4500 performance speeds
Looking for help with next step on what I should do. I recently upgraded my Motorola SB6121 SURFboard DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem (2012 vintage) to take advantage of the 1000mbs Xfinity Cable connection....
plemans
Feb 25, 2021Guru - Experienced User
Try the factory reset of the router. You should be able to get faster wired speeds out of that router.
Wireless.....not so much.
Wireless specs are very over inflated. You won't see the "450mbps" that you see it rated to per band.
There's more reading you can do on over inflated wireless specs and what actual expectations are here:
https://www.duckware.com/tech/wifi-in-the-us.html