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WNDR3700 suddenly slower
After many tears of good service to the far-flung corners of my house, my WNDR3700 has suddenly slowed to a crawl. If I put a Wi-Fi computer right next to the router the signal is strong, but it dro...
Might be time to look for an upgrade. The original was released in 2009 and was one of the first (ish) consumer gigabit devices.
Its going on 13 years old and has been surpassed by several generations or wireless routers.
If you even have half decent speeds from your isp, you'll see a significant improvement going from it to a current generation device.
Can you try to fix it? Sure.
Is it worth trying to fix? debatable. maybe if you're on a pretty slow dial up connection. Sure. I'm not a fan of getting rid of functional electronics but I'd be looking at upgrading.