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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...
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
What is the connect rate seen on the laptop when it's connected to the 5Ghz radio on the router?
Getting around 90-05 mbps on both Wifi 5G and LAN. Hence my concern that something is not right.
Ya theres a problem. The connection rate should be 300Mpbs or higher on 5Ghz AC mode.
Ensure the wifi drivers for the adapter on this laptop are up to date?
What are the wireless setting seen on the router for 5Ghz?
Since you have AX supporting devices, you may have to jump and find something that has AX support on the router side. This router is getting to be older and really doesn't have the best performances that newer model routers offer.
I dont think laptop is the issue as connecting laptop directly to optical switch give me speed above 320 mbps.
What setting are essential for wireless speed, current settings I see are:
channel - Auto
Mode - Upto 867 Mbps
WAN setting ( not sure if its relevant )
MTU Size - 1492
NAT filtering - Secured
Wireless 5G Wifi Multimedia enabled.