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Why is my Router slowing everything down?

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  • Routers
  • Modem
  • Networking
  • Speed
  • Netgear
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July 25, 2014 4:42:55 PM

Hi everyone, I'm a complete newbie when it comes to netwroking and I'm hoping someone can help me out.

I have a Netgear N300 WNR2000 and everything has been working fine until yesterday, now everything loads so slow (PCs/Game Consoles). I rebooted my modem and router several times and that didn't help. The funny thing is that my speeds are the same ~35Down and ~5Up whether my PC is connected to the modem directly or through the router.

Is my router failing? :??: 

Thanks.

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July 25, 2014 5:18:17 PM

If you know how to check for malware ( I prefer malwarebytes and there is a free download) try download and running that. If you already know and check for malware I can not think of anything else with that information. It could still be your router is failing but, from what I understand you are still getting good network speeds. Good luck.
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July 25, 2014 5:35:03 PM

I've scanned my PC with Norton and the Norton Power Eraser plus the free microsoft malware and virus scanners and everything comes out clean, I can try malewarebytes. But the slow downloads also happen when using my Xbox One and PS4. Can malware affect a router like that?
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