Very basic question about the Nighthawk X6S, Model R7900P, Tri-Band WiFi Router

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RHMoore wrote:

Thanks to all for responding to my R7900P "throughput" question (you taught me to say that 😉 Some suggestions will take me a while to follow through on.

Simplest one first: the specific brand name and model number of my modem.

Name: Charter Communications (Spectrum). No other hint about the actual manufacturer.

Model number: ET2251.  

 

On WiFi from remote laptop... Task Manager... Performance:

Connection Type: 802.11n

All of the flashing Send & Receive numbers were in the low to mid Kbps range; no Mb.

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Good, the modem model number shows your device is a modem and not a combination modem/router.  The combination devices complicate troubleshooting when used with a downstream router like your R7900P.

The Wi-Fi connection type 802.11n is the old 2.4 GHz standard and is limited generally to 100 Mbps data send/receive.

This means your laptop hardware is seriously out of date. 

If your computers do the task you ask of them, you are fine.  Both your internet service and router are capable of the ten fold increase in throughput you mentioned in your original post.