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Router Having Issues With Multiple Users.

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  • Routers
  • Networking
  • Netflix
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December 29, 2013 5:56:25 PM

I have Comcast. My DL speeds are over 50Mbps. I have 3 PC's directly plugged into the router. A wireless Chromecast device and a laptop. I have the Linksys E2000. Chromecast is trying to load Netflix, one PC is on Left 4 Dead 2 and the other 2 PC's are trying to load YouTube videos. To my knowledge, 50Mbps(57 Exactly) should be able to handle 2 Youtube videos, Netflix, a game, and some general internet browsing. So whats going on with the Router?

Router Settings:
Upnp - Enabled
NAT - Enabled
Max Users - 50
MTU - Auto at 1500
No Portforwarding or anything special.

So my main question is what is stopping us from getting the speeds we need. My guess is that this cheap and now old Router cant handle the load for 5+ users. So i would like a link to a nice Router if need be. Also, any tips as to what i could do to help the E2000 out.

Also i did Speedtest.net and im getting full speeds so its not the ISP i believe.

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a c 213 F Wireless
January 13, 2014 12:50:10 PM

Did you buy a new router yet?

The problem is not your router really, it is just that consumer wireless radios cannot handle that much bandwidth, one game and three streaming videos is a huge load for wireless. I would add another router configured as a wireless AP to give you an additional radio channel or two if you get a concurrent dual band model.
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