- Apr 30, 2013
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I have a Netgear N600 (WNDR3400v2, V1.0.0.52_1.0.81), and just about 1-1/2 - 2 weeks ago, the 2.4GHz band speed dropped significantly. I can't say exactly how fast it was before, but it is now running between 10-25Mbps/average.
As a result, our media streaming (Netflix, YouTube, etc) are now often pausing to buffer as well as dropping quality. My XBL (360) connection to servers in BF4 is showing no higher than 4/5 bars and often less (never 5 anymore), whereas it used to be mostly solid 5/5 bars except during storms and high usage in our apt complex/area (nights/weekends).
The 5GHz band, however, seems to be unaffected. I've plugged my wife's laptop into the modem directly, and it showed around 80Mbps, and my desktop wi-fi connection via 5GHz usually shows around 70Mbps, depending on weather and high traffic times.
That same desktop, however, when connected to the 2.4GHz band, shows the same as the Wi-Fi connection on my iPad, my iPhone, my wife's laptop, and my Xbox (as far as an Xbox 360 details its connection, anyway), and that is consistently around 25Mbps or less. I've given it a fair amount of time and testing (consistent checking each day for these past several weeks), so I'm positive it is not a temporary issue.
But here's where it gets really sticky: I thought that perhaps the 2.4GHz band on my router was going out, so I borrowed a friend's Linksys router (WRT120N) to check the speeds on it, run as an AP from my N600, and it shows consistently the same speeds as my N600's 2.4GHz band. If the router was to blame, then this router must have the exact symptoms, so I thought perhaps it was the broadcast channel.
I downloaded WifiInfoView and checked the local wi-fi channel usage, and nobody's in the same channel range as my networks. I still tried changing the channel on the Linksys and my N600, but that yielded no positive change.
We live in a small apartment, so there is no range issue involved. There is only one wall between my Xbox and the router, and the walls here are fairly thin, so that is not an issue. We have no wireless phones aside from our cell phones, so that is not an issue. Our microwave and other similar devices are not running when I check the speeds, so that is not an issue. The speed seems to be the same regardless of how many devices I have connected, so that is not an issue.
My wife is usually a lot more fine with lesser technological goodness than me, but even she's been having issues with her laptop connection since this began, and I'm about at the end of my rope trying to figure this out. Does anyone have any ideas for me to try?
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Region: North-Central Arkansas
ISP: Suddenlink
Service: 75Mbps (down)
Router: Netgear N600 (WNDR3400v2, V1.0.0.52_1.0.81)
Affected Devices: Xbox 360, iPhone, iPad, Toshiba Satellite, Custom Desktop
Connection Via 2.4GHz Band: 25Mbps-less
Connection Via 5GHz Band: ~75Mbps
As a result, our media streaming (Netflix, YouTube, etc) are now often pausing to buffer as well as dropping quality. My XBL (360) connection to servers in BF4 is showing no higher than 4/5 bars and often less (never 5 anymore), whereas it used to be mostly solid 5/5 bars except during storms and high usage in our apt complex/area (nights/weekends).
The 5GHz band, however, seems to be unaffected. I've plugged my wife's laptop into the modem directly, and it showed around 80Mbps, and my desktop wi-fi connection via 5GHz usually shows around 70Mbps, depending on weather and high traffic times.
That same desktop, however, when connected to the 2.4GHz band, shows the same as the Wi-Fi connection on my iPad, my iPhone, my wife's laptop, and my Xbox (as far as an Xbox 360 details its connection, anyway), and that is consistently around 25Mbps or less. I've given it a fair amount of time and testing (consistent checking each day for these past several weeks), so I'm positive it is not a temporary issue.
But here's where it gets really sticky: I thought that perhaps the 2.4GHz band on my router was going out, so I borrowed a friend's Linksys router (WRT120N) to check the speeds on it, run as an AP from my N600, and it shows consistently the same speeds as my N600's 2.4GHz band. If the router was to blame, then this router must have the exact symptoms, so I thought perhaps it was the broadcast channel.
I downloaded WifiInfoView and checked the local wi-fi channel usage, and nobody's in the same channel range as my networks. I still tried changing the channel on the Linksys and my N600, but that yielded no positive change.
We live in a small apartment, so there is no range issue involved. There is only one wall between my Xbox and the router, and the walls here are fairly thin, so that is not an issue. We have no wireless phones aside from our cell phones, so that is not an issue. Our microwave and other similar devices are not running when I check the speeds, so that is not an issue. The speed seems to be the same regardless of how many devices I have connected, so that is not an issue.
My wife is usually a lot more fine with lesser technological goodness than me, but even she's been having issues with her laptop connection since this began, and I'm about at the end of my rope trying to figure this out. Does anyone have any ideas for me to try?
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Region: North-Central Arkansas
ISP: Suddenlink
Service: 75Mbps (down)
Router: Netgear N600 (WNDR3400v2, V1.0.0.52_1.0.81)
Affected Devices: Xbox 360, iPhone, iPad, Toshiba Satellite, Custom Desktop
Connection Via 2.4GHz Band: 25Mbps-less
Connection Via 5GHz Band: ~75Mbps
Thought it was somehow fixed despite the illogical nature of channel 1 vs 2/etc.
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