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juandll
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Sep 13, 2021

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 t...
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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Sep 13, 2021

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