NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.

Forum Discussion

Agolz12's avatar
Agolz12
Aspirant
Dec 21, 2015
Solved

R6250 router seems to be slowing down my internet connection

Hi I have a R6250 router with the V1.0.4.2_10.1.10 firmware. I have been noticing a slow internet connection and I think I have the problem pinned down to the router. I plugged in directly to the mod...
Hardware
Troubleshooting
  • Agolz12's avatar
    Agolz12
    Dec 31, 2015

    I got the problem fixed. I got a new router from my internet service provider, they gave me a R6300 and I experienced the exact same problem. I had a tech come out and he hooked up an older Netgear WNDR 3800 router and it solved my issues, I'm now getting the speed I should be through WIFI. I believe it was a problem with the R6000 series, maybe a firmware issue?

Babylon5's avatar
Babylon5
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Dec 21, 2015

That router should be capable of providing the full ISP rate of 60Mbps depending on the capabilities of the client WiFi devices.

 

Can you please post details of your modem, manufacturer and model number? If the modem is a DSL type then it may be necessary to reduce the MTU setting for the router, e.g. 1492 or lower (1400 or 1350).