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rjfrost
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Apr 27, 2021
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AC1750 R6400v2 slower wifi speeds than normal

I recently moved houses and upgraded from 200 Mbs to 400 Mbps. My lan speeds reflect the increase in speeds. The wifi however is much slower than it was before. I was getting 200 Mbps before and now I can only get about 100 Mbps. I've tried updating firmware, restarting the router, disabling QoS, and disabling WMM. None of those have gotten me back to my previous speeds.  Current firmware is V1.0.4.106_10.0.80. Any other troubleshooting ideas?

  • 1. don't disable wmm. 

    2. did you try a factory reset? Push and hold reset for 7-15 seconds while its powered on. 

    3. what modem/gateway do you have? 

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  • plemans's avatar
    plemans
    Guru - Experienced User

    1. don't disable wmm. 

    2. did you try a factory reset? Push and hold reset for 7-15 seconds while its powered on. 

    3. what modem/gateway do you have? 

    • rjfrost's avatar
      rjfrost
      Initiate

      Okay I did a factory reset and things seem more reasonable now (200 Mbps on phone, 360 Mbps on computer). I will mark as solved.

       

      The modem is an Hitron  EN2251.