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juandll
Sep 13, 2021Follower
R8000P - WIFI Internet speed problem
Bad internet speed using wifi, i can stand in front of the router and i always get 400-500mb, when i use ethernet i got 1gb/s, this problem both happened with another router of netgear and i decide to bought R8000P.
I tried updating firmware to latest version (V1.4.1.82_1.3.40)
changing the router of ubication and a lot of things
4 Replies
- plemansGuru - Experienced User
what speeds do you think you should get?
Getting 400mbps out of the R8000P is pretty darned quick for it.
Wireless speeds are very over rated and people have a misunderstanding of them.
I'd highly recommend reading both this article on wifi speed misunderstandings and then a tested review of the r8000P
https://www.duckware.com/tech/wifi-in-the-us.html
- FURRYe38Guru - Experienced User
You not ever see anything near 900Mpbs on any 5Ghz AC wifi router. Only wired will you see those speeds.
juandll wrote:
Bad internet speed using wifi, i can stand in front of the router and i always get 400-500mb, when i use ethernet i got 1gb/s, this problem both happened with another router of netgear and i decide to bought R8000P.
I tried updating firmware to latest version (V1.4.1.82_1.3.40)
changing the router of ubication and a lot of things Jumping into this discussion as my R8000P wifi speeds are trash.
I'm capping at <20mbps on 2.4, 5g, and 5g2. These are the speeds while testing directly next to the router on several different devices. I am at a loss here as i've changed channels etc in attempts to improve the speeds but with no success.
- plemansGuru - Experienced User
Brian10121 Try starting your own thread. We encourage others to start their own thread to prevent their details from getting confused with the OP. Please include firmware version, what you're testing on, modem/gateway its connected to, site your testing on, wired speeds, any other other data you can think of.