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Slow WiFi and I can't figure out why
I can't make this short so here goes. We have Xfinity Internet and TV and our package includes 200 Mbps internet upload and 5 Mbps download speeds. We use a Arris SB6190 modem that we own and a NetG...
Well like I said, I might sound like I know what I am talking about but I really don't. I bought the router new at Best Buy and I had no clue when it was first manufactured, but it seems to be not much more than 5 years ago or less when I bought it, but who know, time flies. So at Amazon the heading for this router says "Netgear WNDR4500-100PAS N900 Dual Band Gigabit Wifi Route", and Gigabit sounds pretty big ...... so are you saying that "gigabit" only pertains to wired speed?
FURRYe38 is right. It might be gigabit but it was released back when devices weren't hitting gigabit speeds. They'd just saturated 10/100mbps. You might see quite decent wired speeds on it but doubtful you'll hit full gigabit.
And wireless speeds are way over rated. Especially the old N900 devices.
You might have bought it 5 years ago (and its even still sold today) but its a pretty old router. A couple generations behind.
Your wireless card isn't a great one but it isn't a horrible one. From looking it up, some people were hitting 50mbps on it during testing.
any newer phones you could speedtest on the router? (use the speedtest app)
Tried my Samsung S7 phone that running Android version 8.0.0
Did you say you tried a factory reset?