Looking for help with next step on what I should do. I recently upgraded my Motorola SB6121 SURFboard DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem (2012 vintage) to take advantage of the 1000mbs Xfinity Cable connection. I upgraded to a NETGEAR - Nighthawk 32 x 8 DOCSIS 3.1 Cable Modem CM1200. Out of the modem directly to my computer I now see speedtest.net speeds of 700-800mbs. So far so good. I then connect my 2013 Router (NETGEAR Wireless Router - N900 Dual Band Gigabit (WNDR4500)) and connect computer to router and only see wired Speedtest.net speeds of about 150 mbs. With older Motorola Surfboard (spec of 160mbs) I was seeing 130mbs out of same router so I am seeing some increase in wired speed, but not what I was expecting. Wireless I am not seeing any improvement over older modem. My wireless speedtest.net speeds range from 80mbs close to router down to around 20-30 at far end of house. I even upgraded the ethernet cable from the provided 3 foot Cat 5e to a 1 foot Cat 7 amd still no improvement. I have upgraded Router to latest firmware (V1.0.1.46_1.0.76 ) and also rebooted several times in correct order (modem then Router). I was kind of hoping to see near the 450 mbps wireless per spec of this older router. My next steps I beieve are :
1. reboot to factory setting and try again (Is this worth a shot and effort needed to setup wireless networks again?)
2. Replace the 2013 Router with a new router (alsowhat would you suggest I pair the Netgear Nighthawk CM1200 with? I am not a super user but would like long range into yard and support for 2-3 simulateous high bandwidth users).
3. Something I have not thought of trying?
Thanks in advance for you suggestions!
Model: WNDR4500v2|N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router
