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Hello everybody, I am kind of a newbie, so I need some help in what to do. I just upgraded my interent and it is 200 mbps down and 10 mbps up (I know thats not the fastest, but hey it matters). I have a stand alone modem and when I connect my ethernet cable from the modem to my laptop, I do get 200 mbps down.
When I connect the router to the modem and then connect my ethernet cable from my laptop to the router, I still get the 200 mbps down. No issues so far.
The problem is the wireless wifi from the router, it is only 25 mbps, and that is the speed from my previous service. How can I fix this to go faster?
My router is the N900 802.11 Dual Band Gigabit, Model WNDR4500. It literally says on the box at least 450-500 mbps- up to 900mbps. I am only needing 200.
So guys, what do I do? Is it the channel, the mode, what do I look for and change in the genie admin? Thanks!
wcalifas wrote:Make sure your passwords for the wifi algorythym is set to WPA2-AES.
Absolutely: Basic Security Settings WPA2-PSK only!
wcalifas wrote:Over wireless you'll never get 200 mbps down. There's no wifi router that will give you those speeds, but wired will.
Suspect this is taken out of some context - a real N600 5 GHz client does certainly make more than 200 mb/s on the router model in question.
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@NightHawk59 wrote:My router is the N900 802.11 Dual Band Gigabit, Model WNDR4500. It literally says on the box at least 450-500 mbps- up to 900mbps. I am only needing 200.
The never ending dream of the wireless industry standard marketing lies. Should you have two absolute top of the line 802.11n 4x4 WiFi clients, one operating on 2.4 GHz on 20 MHz bandwidth and one on 5 GHz and 40 MHz bandwidth .... N600 plus almost N300 (N288.8) you might have a maximum combined PHY link rate "N900". These clients virtually don't exist, even today the average and better wireless clients are 2x2, low cost 1x1. And be aware these numbers are ideal PHY link rates, effective speed is less than 70% due to protocol overhead.
NightHawk59 wrote:The problem is the wireless wifi from the router, it is only 25 mbps, and that is the speed from my previous service.
Don't forget the wireless client on your computer or mobile devices.
NightHawk59 wrote:How can I fix this to go faster?
Probably not much - because of client limitations most likely. Once upon a time about 10 years ago, this was a top of the line WiFi 4 (802.11n) router. Today we're two major generations ahead.
More on this on https://durckware.com/
a review of the NETGEAR WNDR4500 N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Reviewed - 12 Oct 2011
Make sure your passwords for the wifi algorythym is set to WPA2-AES. Over wireless you'll never get 200 mbps down. There's no wifi router that will give you those speeds, but wired will. To test your fastest speed wirelessly use the 5Ghz band and do a speed test but do it with your device close to the router to see what your peak wifi speed will be. 5ghz use it in shorter distances and 2.4 ghz in longer distance from the router.
wcalifas wrote:Make sure your passwords for the wifi algorythym is set to WPA2-AES.
Absolutely: Basic Security Settings WPA2-PSK only!
wcalifas wrote:Over wireless you'll never get 200 mbps down. There's no wifi router that will give you those speeds, but wired will.
Suspect this is taken out of some context - a real N600 5 GHz client does certainly make more than 200 mb/s on the router model in question.