[SOLVED] Router wifi is much worse than modem wifi?

[DemiVideos]

I have a modem with built in wifi, it has no external antenna and the range is terrible, so i thought i’d get a dedicated wireless router. I connected it to the modem, but t he thing is; im getting less mbps on the router wifi than the modem wifi.

 

[USAFRet]

I have a modem with built in wifi, it has no external antenna and the range is terrible, so i thought i’d get a dedicated wireless router. I connected it to the modem, but t he thing is; im getting less mbps on the router wifi than the modem wifi.

Modem
router

A "modem" does not have WiFi.
A modem/router can have WiFi.

What are the specific devices involved here?

 

[DemiVideos]

Modem
router

A "modem" does not have WiFi.
A modem/router can have WiFi.

What are the specific devices involved here?

It is a modem that doesnt need other devices for wifi. I dont know what that makes it, a hybrid?

Its a technicolor tc7200 modem which i believe is pretty old.

The router i bought is a TP-LINK TL-WR740N
The speed halves from 40+mbps to 14-20mbps

Thanks!

 

[USAFRet]

It is a modem that doesnt need other devices for wifi. I dont know what that makes it, a hybrid?

Its a technicolor tc7200 modem which i believe is pretty old.

The router i bought is a TP-LINK TL-WR740N
The speed halves from 40+mbps to 14-20mbps

Thanks!

Yes, that is a "modem/router". More accurately, a gateway.

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A true modem does only one function - translate the signal from <whatever> to ethernet. <whatever> = DSL/cable/fiber/other
A router would then take that ethernet and provide LAN and WiFi to internal devices, via DHCP.

A "modem/router" has all of that in one physical box.
Like your technicolor.

 

[bill001g]

Not sure why the wifi is slower but the so called "new" router you bought is extremely old technology.

Both run exactly the same 802.11n data encoding that has a number "150"

The ethernet ports on modem/router are actually better they are gigabit where the new router you bought is only 10/100. That will not affect the wifi performance but the so called new router is in many ways inferior the modem/router. Then again when I searched for it I found the wr740n selling for under $15 so what do you expect for that little money.

 

[Mr.Spock]

the TC7200 is actually N300 so your gateway has 2X the bandwidth of the N150 router - so no surprise there.
and often having 2 radios helps vs. the cluttered 2.4Ghz band.

https://www.router-reset.com/info/Technicolor/TC7200

It is a modem that doesnt need other devices for wifi. I dont know what that makes it, a hybrid?

Its a technicolor tc7200 modem which i believe is pretty old.

The router i bought is a TP-LINK TL-WR740N
The speed halves from 40+mbps to 14-20mbps

Thanks!

 

[DemiVideos]

the TC7200 is actually N300 so your gateway has 2X the bandwidth of the N150 router - so no surprise there.
and often having 2 radios helps vs. the cluttered 2.4Ghz band.

https://www.router-reset.com/info/Technicolor/TC7200

Thank you and everyone else for taking the time to respond!