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Netgear R8300 terrible 2.4ghz speeds but not on R6700v2
Extremely SLOW 2.4ghz Wifi on R8300 but not on R6700v2 I recently took out of service my R6700v2 router and put in a new R8300 in its place. Everything seemd fine until my son complai...
I found a solution. I am returning the Nighthawk R8300 and looking at other products and possibly vendors to fit my needs.
Firmware on the R8300 is V 1.0.2.130
I did turn 20/40Coexistence on and off to see if it would affect the 2.4ghz speeds. I would change the setting & then reboot the router ( R8300 ) and the speeds on 2.4ghz or 5ghz wifi did not change. The 2.4ghz speeds were less than 2Mbps.
I was originally using the Smart Connect on the 5ghz band so I tried disabling that and rebooting the router. Still no change on the 2.4ghz speeds.
I see that my post has gotten allot of views but no one admin/superuser whatever has responded to the problem.
I found a solution. I am returning the Nighthawk R8300 and looking at other products and possibly vendors to fit my needs.