Gen 5 speeds are slowing down

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BirdDog wrote:

 

Amen. I like my own router with regular firmware updates that I have control over. And both my bands work perfectly. I'm still a fan of 5 GHz BTW, if nothing else for keeping things compartmentalised. It reaches out fine in my modest sized home.

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I normally only use the HT2000W's WiFi when I connect my laptop or notebook, and that's normally only to keep them up to date.  It's also always within five feet of the modem when I do so.  But, if I used WiFi on a regular basis, I would almost assuredly use my own router, which I know works very well and has always given me the same speed as a LAN connection.  

And my router has 3 external antennae which are definitely better than a single internal antenna that I assume the 2000 has. Would bet the transmit power is quite a bit higher on my personal router also.

Anyone have the actual specs on the wireless side of the HT2000W like transmit power, receive sensitivity, signal db diagram, etc.?

jc2

Yes, the post was to you, hence the jc2 at the beginning.   

I know what your question is and I can't answer it.  Like has been said, WiFi has a lot of things than can affect it.  Interference is a big one.  Though the upcoming fix is primarily targeted at the 5Ghz radio problems, perhaps it will help with this issue, as well.    

I was only giving you the info regarding the testmy.net results for your own benefit.  Too many times I've seen people post about speed results that aren't theirs, but they THINK they are theirs because they are showing on their results page.  Excluding any tests that are on the same IP, but that YOU didn't run, can help to avoid that in the future.  

Again, this was only for your benefit, but you'd be better off doing what I suggested in the post so you only see YOUR results when looking at them and not a bunch of other people's, too (if not now, in the future).    

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jc2 wrote:
Those WERE ONLY my results and not anybody elses. 3 with Netgear and 3 HT2000W. Didn't know why you would be telling me that.

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It was a courtesy.  If you bothered to read the posts, you'd see that seeing other people's results in one's own results "OFTEN" happens if they aren't excluded.  There's no  guarantee that they WILL be there.  Conversely, clicking on what I showed you definitely excludes others' results, so it guarantees that it won't happen.  

But, due to your response, have no fear, I'll refrain from any courtesies in the future.  

So that we can keep this topic focused...

Key Points of Interest...
- speeds on the HT2000w wifi are capping around 22ish Mbps (still acceptable for plan speeds though)
- speeds on the Netgear Wifi are able to hit actual maximum throughput that the customer can achieve
- devices state the linkspeed is being negotiated above 100Mbps, so in theory, they should be able to see 40Mbps using EITHER of the two wifi networks


jc2 can you inform us, is this happening with the 2.4Ghz, 5.0Ghz or both wireless network types?  If it's happening on the 5.0Ghz only signal, then there is potentially a fix in that in new firmware that should be rolling out very soon.  I am unsure about the 2.4Ghz network though, but I suspect the new firmware coming along may help there as well.  From my understanding the firmware is mostly to address upnp issues and the 5Ghz signal constantly dropping out.

When was the last time the device your using was rebooted?  I know some people will let their tablets run for days/weeks at a time with out an actual reboot, mine was recently having issues with speed and I couldn't get a link above 11Mbps, a reboot quickly got me back up to speed.


ALL of that aside, at the Advanced System Control Center go to General > Connected Device Info, and look at the "Device Health" it *SHOULD* be marked as Good for the device you are testing on.

I have been testing my Wifi on my Nighthawk and HT2000w, both give very similar results on testmy.net, but, I am one of the lucky ones... and running different firmware, so it's possible that the issue you are seeing is already addressed, just not rolled out to everyone yet.

Did you click the link I provided? It should have taken you to the advanced page...

If not, look for the "i" icon at the top, to the right of System Info, it's really faint, but that will take you to the advanced page....

Showing same thing.  It was showing as "Good" until I refreshed it.  

Hello jc2,

Thanks for posting. I am glad to see that our community super users were able to assist you. I am going to escalate your case to our engineers and will get back to you once I receive an update. In the meanwhile, please continue to monitor your system and let us know if there is any change. Thanks.

-Aedan