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ajo999
Aspirant
Jan 10, 2015
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NG R7000 AC1900 Very slow Speed Tests

Noticed something odd with the speeds. I am getting below 10Mbps, both WiFi and wired. Before it was showing 100Mbps instead of 1Gbps, and I got speeds at around 13Mbps on my old previous router. Bu...
AC1900
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R7000
  • Babylon5's avatar
    Babylon5
    Jan 12, 2015
    ajo999, Maybe your router MTU needs to be adjusted (common for DSL connections), this is done in the router admin page ‘Advanced’ – ‘Setup’ – ‘WAN Setup’. Here you can enter an MTU value, try a setting such as 1400 or 1492, there’s more information in the router manual page 36 onwards.
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Rocket_Geek
Aspirant
Jan 11, 2015
When you are testing via a speed test site (I suggest speedtest.net or speakeasy's tester) are you testing via wired or wireless? Record numbers using both if available. If there is a wide difference (most likely wireless is slower) than investigate your network card drivers. Try turning off the power to all your networking equipment and testing PC. Leave it all off for 5 minutes, then start by turning on your equipment one at a time. Start with your Cable/DSL modem or what ever is provided by your ISP. Give it a few minutes to start up and stabilize. Work your way back to your PC, giving each device a few minutes. Have your results improved?