Hey guys,
I was using the ac68u as my main router until I decided to buy the R7000 to use as the main router. I found the netgear to have a stronger range output as opposed to the ac68u. I then wanted to extend the signal to my garage, so I set up the ac68u as a repeater, even though I know it's not as strong as fishing a ethernet cable to it.
5 days ago when I first set it up, having over 20+ connections to the router, I was getting 60 mbps on speedtest. This was connected wirelessly to both the main router and the repeater. I was feeling pretty confident about this set-up. Two days later, I began experiencing 40mbps wirelessly to both connections. Nobody really torrents or downloads here, the most we do is stream Netflix. However, I decided to hard-wire into the main router and was receiving my 60mbps I was getting before.
Today, I'm receiving 15mbps on wireless, and my fiance's laptop is also experiencing 15mbps. However, my mother is receiving 60mbps wirelessly on her computer that is 5 feet away from the router. So I put my laptop 5 feet away from the router like hers is, and to my surprise I STILL only got 15mbps wirelessly. Same with my fiance, her laptop only receives 15mbps near the router. We both have N-1000 wireless chips in our laptops.
Only two computers in the household are receiving 60mbps on a wireless connection. Everybody else, including phones that used to get 60mbps, are now only experiencing 15-25mbps downloads and 10-15mbps uploads. The uploads have remained the same since day one, but the downloads keep fluctuating between computers. Any ideas?
I should mention that both routers are on stock firmware. I've also tried unplugging both modem and router/repeater for 30 seconds or more each cycle. I have also tried reconfiguring the router and repeater again. I have also tried using just the router for a day and keeping the repeater unplugged, but I still get the same connections to the router as I did to the repeater.
tl;dr:
Five days ago every device including smart phones and tablets received ~60mbps down, ~15mbps up. Now, only two computers are receiving 60mbps down/15mbps up, others are receiving 15-25mbps down/15mbps up. R7000 set up as main router, ac68u set up as repeater. Every device is connected wirelessly.
Attached are two lists of speed tests I've been continually taking since January 1st. The 2-3 of 60mbps connections are when I hard-wired into the router. Everything else is wireless.
I was using the ac68u as my main router until I decided to buy the R7000 to use as the main router. I found the netgear to have a stronger range output as opposed to the ac68u. I then wanted to extend the signal to my garage, so I set up the ac68u as a repeater, even though I know it's not as strong as fishing a ethernet cable to it.
5 days ago when I first set it up, having over 20+ connections to the router, I was getting 60 mbps on speedtest. This was connected wirelessly to both the main router and the repeater. I was feeling pretty confident about this set-up. Two days later, I began experiencing 40mbps wirelessly to both connections. Nobody really torrents or downloads here, the most we do is stream Netflix. However, I decided to hard-wire into the main router and was receiving my 60mbps I was getting before.
Today, I'm receiving 15mbps on wireless, and my fiance's laptop is also experiencing 15mbps. However, my mother is receiving 60mbps wirelessly on her computer that is 5 feet away from the router. So I put my laptop 5 feet away from the router like hers is, and to my surprise I STILL only got 15mbps wirelessly. Same with my fiance, her laptop only receives 15mbps near the router. We both have N-1000 wireless chips in our laptops.
Only two computers in the household are receiving 60mbps on a wireless connection. Everybody else, including phones that used to get 60mbps, are now only experiencing 15-25mbps downloads and 10-15mbps uploads. The uploads have remained the same since day one, but the downloads keep fluctuating between computers. Any ideas?
I should mention that both routers are on stock firmware. I've also tried unplugging both modem and router/repeater for 30 seconds or more each cycle. I have also tried reconfiguring the router and repeater again. I have also tried using just the router for a day and keeping the repeater unplugged, but I still get the same connections to the router as I did to the repeater.
tl;dr:
Five days ago every device including smart phones and tablets received ~60mbps down, ~15mbps up. Now, only two computers are receiving 60mbps down/15mbps up, others are receiving 15-25mbps down/15mbps up. R7000 set up as main router, ac68u set up as repeater. Every device is connected wirelessly.
Attached are two lists of speed tests I've been continually taking since January 1st. The 2-3 of 60mbps connections are when I hard-wired into the router. Everything else is wireless.
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Do you by any chance get weak speed signals when on your R7000? Sometimes I drop from 150mbps to 54mbps. Happens a lot with the other laptops in this house so I'm positive it isn't just mine.
