Netgear N600 WNDR3400 Low Performance

[Alec Lockhart]

Hello everyone!

I am having some trouble with my router and its less than optimal performance. I have a Netgear N600 WNDR3400 router that has a theoretical maximum speed of 300 Mbps over a 2.4Ghz network. I am not getting this performance... For wireless adapter, I have a Linksys AE3000 adapter with a theoretical max of 450 Mbps (just for reference; there is no bottleneck as far as transfer goes). Based on this information, I should be getting a fair download rate considering the fact that I get around 80-90 Mbps download on the local machine (wired to router). Oh, and before I get too much further, I wish I could use a wired connection!

The location of my gaming rig is in the worst possible place for wired connection! It is the furthest from any wired internet line there is! Plus, I have tried power line networking, but I only get a 10 Mbps connection (less than wireless)

As far as what I get currently for wireless, it is around 16 Mbps download. I should theoretically be getting a lot more than that.

I have messed around already way too much with the router settings like the MTU size under WAN settings. I have messed with that enough to find a zone where the router is doing a little better. I have also disabled the 5Ghz band with the mindset that it would increase performance... should have known better... (it didn't; it was quite the same).

I would love it if anyone had any ideas. Anything is good, I am willing to try anything at this point! I am assuming that I need a new router to fully support my internet speed, I will probably do that anyways, but... for now I want to get the most out of this one.

I am fairly knowledgeable when it comes to computers so technical terms do not bother me, use as many as you find reasonable!

Thank you!

 

[photonboy]

1) First, are you sure that's not 90MBps (Mega Bytes per second) for the wired transfer speed?

I get up to that to my WDMYCLOUD that is attached through my Gigabit switch to my PC.

2) 16Mbps->

I'm not clear on what you mean by "download" though. From what to what?

If it's through your ISP (internet) then that's a set bottleneck based on your plan. I get 6Mbps for example.

3) I can say those "300Mbps" numbers are never anywhere near what you get in the real world.

 

[Alec Lockhart]

Ah, yes, I should have clarified what tool I was using to test those rates. I was using speedtest.net to test my download speeds. On the local machine I get around 90 Mbps download and on my machine I get around 16 Mbps download. I think I just need a new router, one that can support my internet's speed.

I am sure that it is Mbps, 90 MBps is crazy! I get around 10 MBps local so if you get 90 please tell me what provider you have!