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WNDR4700 LAN Port speed
I have been using WNDR4700 Centria since about 2012. Due to the work from home situation a lot of connections are being used and I am trying to optimize my home network. I need help with below: w...
SriniK wrote:
- what is the speed I should expect out of the 4 LAN ports on WNDR4700. I have a 300Mbps internet connection from VMedia and a Hitron modem.
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Thanks for your suggestion michaelkenward . Those were the first things I did. Looked the manual, checked the support pages and did an internet search but could not find an answer. All I can see everywhere is that it depends on a lot of factors. No where I could see an explanation as to what are the factors and how they affect the speed or a reference table which says, with these settings, this can be the o/p. That is why I want to know it from the manufacturer.
1. Is the speed output at LAN ports, 100% of what goes into the WAN port
2. or is it some % of input based on some conditions, what are the conditions and how do they impact the speed.
3. what should be the settings if the o/p speed has to be maximum and how does these settings impact them.
All I want to know is how should I setup the WNDR4700 for optimum performance or should i be accepting this drop of 100mbps from WNDR4700, right at the first step of my home networking.
Note: this unit is about 8years old bought in 2012-13. I have kept the firmware up to date. I reboot all devices connected to network once a week, including power cycling. So I am looking setup my home networking for an optimal performance.
Thanks.
Srini
if nothing is inspecting traffic and it should hit around that 700mbps per the prior testing.
Problem is if you're using anything that has to inspect traffic, then the cpu has to inspect it and its not up to the task of 100% passthrough. its to much from that old of a cpu.
That's why I recommend the reset and making sure to leave anything like qos, access control, traffic monitoring, parental controls all disabled
1. made sure no processings enabled qos, access control, traffic monitoring, parental controls. no change port 1 & 2 gives an speed of about 300-350Mbps. Port 3 about 150Mbps. Port 4 does not connect.
2. reset to factory setting both through Netgear Genie and hard reset -pressing the reset pin. No change or improvement.
3. reloaded the firmware. No change or improvement.
