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karl81's avatar
karl81
Aspirant
Oct 25, 2017
Solved

R6100 router slow wifi download fast upload

Hi, 

 

I have a networkplan of 250mbit/s download and 100 mbit/s upload through fiber. If i connect directly to with the Ethernetcable (cat5e) not going through the router it works fine. But when I plug the cable in the router and access it through wifi I only get around 50-60 mbit/s download but almost 100mbit/s upload. So it's the download that is the issue here. 

 

The wifi setup is over 5GHz. Chanel 44 (have tried different, does not make any different) and up to 867Mbit/s. WPA2-PSK[AES] security. 

 

Any thoughts on what could be the issue here?

 

/Karl 

 

Troubleshooting
  • karl81's avatar
    karl81
    Oct 31, 2017

    Hi, yes it did resolve my problem. The issue was that the ethernet port only allowed 100mbit. Had to buy a new with 1Gbit port!

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  • DexterJB's avatar
    DexterJB
    NETGEAR Moderator
    Oct 26, 2017

    Hi karl81,

     

    The R6100 router only has 10/100 WAN and LAN ports which means the Internet speed can only go as high as 100Mbps. The wireless speed refers to the link rate that can be established by the wireless devices in the network.

     

    Regards,

     

    Dexter

    Community Team

    • DexterJB's avatar
      DexterJB
      NETGEAR Moderator
      Oct 31, 2017

      Hi karl81,

       

      I would like to follow up and check if you are still experiencing the issue.

       

      Regards,

       

      Dexter
      Community Team

      • karl81's avatar
        karl81
        Aspirant
        Oct 31, 2017

        Hi, yes it did resolve my problem. The issue was that the ethernet port only allowed 100mbit. Had to buy a new with 1Gbit port!