nighthawk (R7000) D7000 AC1900 wifi speeds are SLOW

[emoze-2]

nighthawk D7000 AC1900  on ATT DSL;  the wifi speeds on either wifi band are very slow with long page load times on both PC & iPad;

a speed test via Netgear site via Genie says paltry 45.6Kbps download

SpeedTest says 2.5 Mbps up 0.4 down

yet when i do a FastSpeed Test on my PC,  it tests at it's ATT advertised 2.4 Mbps down, 1.2 up -  

?? ideas to solve the wifi slowdown ?? 

-  firmware is 1.01.70  (Genie says model is D7000)

[michaelkenward]

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@emoze-2 wrote:

-  firmware is 1.01.70  (Genie says model is D7000)

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Not the latest.

Start there:

D7000 Firmware Version 1.0.1.84 - NETGEAR Support

This is the easiest way to go about it:

How do I manually upgrade firmware to my NETGEAR router? | Answer | NETGEAR Support

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a speed test via Netgear site via Genie says paltry 45.6Kbps download

SpeedTest says 2.5 Mbps up 0.4 down

yet when i do a FastSpeed Test on my PC,  it tests at it's ATT advertised 2.4 Mbps down, 1.2 up -  

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What is this "speed test via Netgear site via Genie"?

What genie? (That's a label that Netgear has used for various things.)

What speeds do you get with a wired connection?

Is this it?

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yet when i do a FastSpeed Test on my PC,  it tests at it's ATT advertised 2.4 Mbps down, 1.2 up -  

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That looks like ADSL speeds. At those speeds, I'd expect pages to take for ever to load.

The SpeedTest app for Windows is a pretty good tool.

Speedtest for Windows: Internet speed test for Windows

[emoze-2]

had trouble logging onto the thing - finally discovered to simply use the IP address instead of the netgear recommended routerlogin.net .com

firmware just updated - will report back if it changes anything

yes that is  ADSL speeds - ATT DSL is what i got & no other options except cellular

[emoze-2]

nighthawk D7000 -  firmware updated - no changes in wifi speeds - fww the old N600 was 'way faster, only changed it out cuz the 5G died on it

[w3wilkes]

Don't know, but perhaps you could put the D7000 in modem only (transparent bridge mode) and get a nice router to put behind the D7000.

[michaelkenward]

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@w3wilkes wrote:

Don't know, but perhaps you could put the D7000 in modem only (transparent bridge mode) and get a nice router to put behind the D7000.

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Good idea.

Just one word of warning, when I put a DSL modem.router into modem mode it caused problems after power cuts.

The modem took so long to connect that the router timed out waiting for the Internet signal. I ended up with a dead network. No problem if you are around to restart things, but bad if you are not there.

I ended up buying a coupe of modem only (DM200) boxes. Sadly, Netgear, and most brands have since abandoned the DSL modem market. Easy to see why when this is a dying technology and the remaining DSL ISPs like to inflict inflexible modem/routers on customers.