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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 t...
Brian10121
Mar 04, 2022Tutor
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.
- plemansMar 04, 2022Guru - 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.