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hale93
Mar 30, 2016Aspirant
R6400 newby optimize wireless speeds any setting config needed?
Hi, newby here wanted to learn how can I really push the wireless speed. I have just bought the R6400, I have a qualcomm atheros ar956x wireless network adapter, and time warner 300MB speed. Wired I...
- Apr 02, 2016
Hi @hale93,
Devices (laptops) that have this adapter are specified to only connect to 802.11n which means that the adapter is not dual band. You may want to check for wireless interference using a WiFi analytics app/program.
Regards,
Dexter
Community Team
hale93
Apr 14, 2016Aspirant
Hi thanks for your helpful reply, so first I am trying to boost my speed because I am paying for 300Mbps and I am only getting 100Mbps, but when I plug my laptop wired I get thos 300+ speeds that I want, but not getting close to half the speed with wireless.
Second I have a qualcomm atheros 956x wireless card built in my laptop this laptop is fairly new 8 months old too so it should be able to push those speeds, and with this card it cant find the 5g only 2.4 so im ok with that.
Third I think it is my settings, or firewall I do not know how to turn off the firewall of the router? So I think its settings I must be doing something wrong with it. Tried changing channels and stuff and found out ch.6 is the best at 120Mbps.
Thank you for the quick reply, could you give me some settings to change or firewall to turn off on this router for some examples, that would really make my day.
Oh i just the genie, and tried out the trace route in the support section I think I found a problem, but dont know how to fix it, hear is the results.
1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 192.168.1.1
2 10 ms 9 ms 10 ms 142.254.190.225
3 30 ms 31 ms 18 ms 24.94.91.109
4 12 ms 15 ms 12 ms 72.129.45.246
5 61 ms 59 ms 60 ms 72.129.45.0
6 65 ms 71 ms 63 ms 66.109.6.102
7 76 ms 79 ms 79 ms 66.109.6.6
8 68 ms 73 ms 68 ms 66.109.6.141
9 69 ms 68 ms 68 ms 24.27.236.237
10 * * * Request timed out
11 * * * Request timed out
12 * * * Request timed out
13 96 ms 91 ms 92 ms 205.251.232.105
14 100 ms 95 ms 95 ms 205.251.232.84
15 94 ms 93 ms 94 ms 205.251.232.153
16 91 ms 92 ms 91 ms 205.251.232.63
17 * * * Request timed out
18 * * * Request timed out
19 * * * Request timed out
20 93 ms 94 ms 93 ms 52.36.109.140
Finished
I have timed outs what does that mean and how can I fix it? Thank thank thank you for all your guys help, and time in trying to teach me how to fix this problems or a great learning experience.
Face_De_Ace
Apr 15, 2016Star
Another thing to consider, which trips up alot of folks is the difference between megaBITs per second (Mbps) and megaBYTEs per second (MBps). The difference being a factor of 8. 8 bits to a byte.
So .... 450 Mbps connection speed is really only a 56 Megabyte speed.
Just pointing that out as people frequently get tripped up between the two and mix the units, ...