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Slow WiFi speed from AC4000 X6S
Hi; I have the R8000P (AC4000) and about two weeks ago noticed my WiFI speed dropped precipitously from between 300-400Mbps to about 150Mbps. I am on a fiber gigabit plan through my ISP provider. I...
Yes, or 192.168.1.1 or the routers IP address you may have configured on it. There is a FW update section in the routers web page where you navigate to where the file is and select it, then the web page does the rest.
Safari, FireFox or Opera browser will help you get to the Routers web page and update FW.
https://kb.netgear.com/23960/How-do-I-manually-update-the-firmware-on-my-NETGEAR-router
Should not impact current reservations.
Wireless speeds will not see anything around 900mbps on 5Ghz AC. Depending on wifi design and support, most max out at around 300-500Mpbs on 5ghz AC. Nature of the beast.
https://www.increasebroadbandspeed.co.uk/realistic-speeds-wi-fi-5-and-wi-fi-6
https://www.duckware.com/tech/wifi-in-the-us.html
Thanks, and yes, I understand that. If you notice in my post I tried to point out that prior to the last few weeks I consistently DID get between 3--400Mbps which is what I signed up for an expect. But all of a sudden, beginning about 2 weeks ago it dropped down to 150Mbps? Why?