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hennrike
Aspirant
Feb 22, 2016
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Wifi 2.4Ghz very slow on my R6250 Router

Last week I bought a R6250 Wifi Router, and I have problems with 2.4Gb wifi connections. They are too slow.

 

I have 300 Mb (download) and 30 Mb (upload) with my ISP provider. With 5Ghz Wifi connection I have more than 200Mb for download and 30 Mb for upload, but with 2.4Gb Wifi connection I have 15/20 Mb for downloading and only 1-5 MB for uploading. With my old 2Ghz wifi connection I had 35/40 Mb for donwloading and 20/30 MB for uploading.

 

I'm using speedtest app on mobile devices to do the speed tests.

 

The firmware version is V1.0.4.2_10.1.10.

 

Can anyone help me with this problem? Any recommendation?

 

 

  • Hi Dexter,

     

    Last night I did only a few tests.

     

    I've changed the wifi channel to value 1, and the results seems to be better: donwload speed between 25 and 42 MB and upload speed between 20 and 30 MB.

     

    I'll continue some days with this configuration.

     

    Regards

4 Replies

    • hennrike's avatar
      hennrike
      Aspirant

      Thanks Dexter,

       

      I respond you:

       

      1: Yes, all devices experience the same issue with the 2.4GHz. I've been testing with a Huawei P8 Lite, Moto G First Generation, and iPhone 6

      2: No, I have no try resetting the router. I'll try tonight

      3: No, the wirless channel is in auto mode. I'll try change the channel tonight.

       

      Regards

      • DexterJB's avatar
        DexterJB
        NETGEAR Moderator

        Hi @hennrike,

         

        Please keep us posted on the results.

         

        Regards,

         

        Dexter

        Community Team