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A6100 Wifi USB Mini Adapter provides slow receive rate (54 Mbps) in AC wireless mode
On carrying out numerous internet speed tests (Ookla) as well as Command Prompt inquiries such as "netsh wlan show interfaces" and "netsh wlan show wlanreport" I've discovered that my Netgear A6100 Wifi USB Mini Adapter is not providing an adequate/acceptable Receive rate in terms of link speed. While the Transmit rate is usually around 390 or 433 Mbps , the Receive rate is always stuck at 54 Mbps. I have tried all the different Netgear driver versions for my model of adapter, but nothing chanes the situation. I've tried the mini adapter in two other computers (that also run Windows 10) with the exact same result. In my opinion I believe the driver software issued by Netgear for the A6100 mini adapter is flawed, at least for Windows 10 use. Has anyone else here discovered the same issue? I've attached a screen print of my most recent Command Prompt inquiry as well as a partial view of my Settings>Network Properties result.
Comments are welcome.
Thanks, Richard
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Hi Blanca,
Thank you for welcoming me and for your response with a query.
My combination modem-router (aka "gateway") is a Hitron model CGN3ACSMR provided to me by Rogers (Canada). I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "another wireless device", but on my other computer (an HP EliteBook 840-G3 equipped with an Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 wireless adapter) the Receive Rate and Transmit Rate are both 866.7 Mbps when I execute a Command Prompt>netsh wlan show interfaces. The key point here is that the Receive Rate and the Transmit Rate are identical, as one would expect.
Regards,
Richard
