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Kromastorm's avatar
Kromastorm
Aspirant
Oct 21, 2021

Netgear R6220 low wifi 5G speed

Hi All,

I recently upgraded my OFC broadband plan to 300 mbps. Before this, the optical switch was limiting the speed to under 100 mbps.

 

To test the speed, I tried Wifi 5G and LAN network. but I am not able to hit more than 100 mbps in speedtest.net or fast.com.

 

Current router firmware is at V1.1.0.106_1.0.1.

 

The tech guy connected the optical switch directly to my laptop, then the speed hit above 340 mbps. Now I am confused about how to gain more speed from this router. I seem to remember that this model LAN network is limited to 100 mbps, but am I wrong is assuming that wireless speed should be close to 300 mbps ? 

 

System is at 6 feet distance from router. 

 

Thanks

9 Replies

  • FURRYe38's avatar
    FURRYe38
    Guru - Experienced User
    Oct 21, 2021

    Netgear has set up a community forum specifically for General Router products. Most of the people who watch that forum are more likely to have experience with older routers and know how to work it better than those of us who follow this router forum. Might be more likely to find someone who has a solution if the question is posted there:
    https://community.netgear.com/t5/General-WiFi-Routers-Non/bd-p/home-wifi-routers-general

     

    Based on this older router and it's specs and what your mobile wifi devices are designed and support. You may not see 300Mpbs. 

    I see the following connection rates supported by the router:

    AC1200 (300+900Mps)†

    Again this is a connection rate between the router and devices, not actual bandwidth. 

     

    Please use this link to the main forum product list to review and choose where to make your posts. 
    https://community.netgear.com/t5/NETGEAR-Forum/ct-p/en-netgear


    Thank you

    • Kromastorm's avatar
      Kromastorm
      Aspirant
      Oct 21, 2021

      Thanks FURRYe38 for the response. I am posting after a long time, did not check the section where I was posting. sorry for that. 

       

      Would request moderators to move this post to General WiFi Routers section. 

       

      I did search the forum but somehow did not find much on max speed this router supports. I have an alienware laptop which supports Wifi AX speed. Just wanted to confirm if I have hit speed bottleneck with this router, in which case I have to buy Wifi 6 router. 

       

      Would be really helpful if anyone can point out the max speed I can get on LAN/Wifi for this model. 

       

      Thanks

      • FURRYe38's avatar
        FURRYe38
        Guru - Experienced User
        Oct 21, 2021

        What is the connect rate seen on the laptop when it's connected to the 5Ghz radio on the router?