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r6400v2 slow wifi
I am experiencing very slow wifi speeds from my R6400v2. I have 500mbps download speed and get at least that while plugged into the LAN port on the router, but get much slower over wifi. Even standin...
that R6400 isn't going to give you super fast speeds because its a pretty base model, gigabit device.
You can try changing what channels you're broadcasting on.
Or even try a factory reset and reinstall (make sure to leave, qos, access control, traffic monitoring, and parental controls all disabled).
I forgot to mention, that this is a relatively new issue I've been dealing with. I used to get excellent wifi speeds from it. I understand that the wifi speeds will be slower than LAN speeds, but I used to get around 450 from wifi anywhere in my house.
TimRashmawy wrote:
,,,,I used to get around 450 from wifi anywhere in my house.
You don't say what your wifi clients are but that smells more like a measurement issue than real wifi speeds.
Many devices won't do 450 Mbps, especially on 2.4 GHz, which is what you are likely to see at 30 feet away. The 60-70 Mbps you mentioned earlier sounds about right for many clients.
It might be worth a bit of background reading.
Understand Wi-Fi 4/5/6/6E (802.11 n/ac/ax) (duckware.com)
duckware knows their stuff and can bust a few myths and cut through marketing hype.
like michaelkenward says, i think thats a bit of misunderstanding of wifi.
The R6400v2 is/was a pretty base model gigabit AC device. It was never the fastest and 5ghz speeds drop off quickly.
I'd highly doubt the actual throughput was 450mbps anywhere in the home. Maybe ***Maybe*** (big maybe) right next to the router, but not with any distance/obstructions.
- The only reason I was testing the speeds is because recently, when downloading a 140mb file, it took more than 30 minutes. It also has been taking a long time for even web pages to load. I don’t particularly care about what my actual wifi speeds are, but it’s just annoying when we can’t watch Netflix without buffering or when I can’t download a relatively small file without it taking a very long time.
Do I just need a new router?
