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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...
Okay, I fiddled around with my laptop wireless setting, selected ac mode on Wifi 5G frequency ( default was ax mode). Now I am hitting close to 200 Mbps. its still not reaching my plan bandwidth limit.
my iphone is still showing speed of 90 Mbps though :( .
Honestly, I would look into something newer. Just seems like with newer hardware and older hardware, there maybe some inconsistancies seen and it maybe time to upgrade.
Thanks for the response.
For new router, what would be a better option, mesh router or standalone router ? My network area is around 1100 SqFt with many hard walls, would a mesh router perform better in such a situation ?