Wireless speed EA4200 router

Can someone who owns whis wireless report what speed you guys are getting from router to your device please.
Thanks

Connection Rate is the actual connection between the router and connected client devices. 11, 54, 150, 300, 450Mb and so on. Has nothing to do with actual file xfer speeds. It's just the pipe connecting with the devices. What flows thru the pipe is the actual file xfer speeds. This is based on configurations and support of the WiFi on the router and on the client devices. Not all devices and WiFi routers support same speeds and actual file xfer speeds can very greatly depending on configuration of the WiFi, environment conditions, security and HW design. The speeds will be always effected by the lowest supporting HW and design. N on 2.4Ghz you could see up to maybe 6-20Mb per sec. N on 5Ghz you could see up to 12-30Mb per sec. AC mode is even higher. Again depending on many variables. Why I don't recommend speed testing on wireless. LAN wired only for good accurate speed test results.

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We have dsl and apple extreme router, 2 iphones, 2 ipads a pc and a macbook. wireless speeds are terrible until the macbook is disconnected, then speeds are normal. ideas?

we have dsl and airport extreme router, 2 iphones, 2 ipads, a pc and a macbook. wireless speeds are terrible until the macbook is disconnected, then speeds are normal. ideas?

generalgeorge wrote:
This is a new issue on an old setup. The mac was recently upgraded to maverick. thanks
Say no more.. upgrading to Mavericks.. any upgrade install is prone to issues.. the Mavericks one is the worst of any recent upgrades.
Lets just try and isolate the problem.
In the setup of the AE, give different names to the two wireless bands.. so go into the airport utility.. click the AE, Click edit.. click the wireless tab.. and now type in a new name.
Try AE24ghz
Then click the wireless options and change the name for the 5ghz..
Make it AE5ghz
Then update the AE.
In the computer.. select either band.. and see if your other clients are affected if they use the band that the Mac is not using.
Alternatively turn off wireless in the macbook and use ethernet.. oh please please have a Mac with an ethernet port.. otherwise buy a Thunderbolt to Ethernet adapter.. it is well worth having. wireless is never to be trusted.

Problem with the wireless speed on windows with bootcamp

I've got a problem with the following:
the wireless card of my mac pro is very slow when i run windows on my mac pro with bootcamp
When i just run OSX everything works fine, but in windows, when I connect to the wireless my wireless speed
drops to 11-18mbs.
First I thought that it was a drivers issue, but after the update of bootcamp drivers 1.4 the problem still exist.
First I had a Topcom wireless router now I've bought a Apple Airport Extreme, but the problem isn't solved yet...
The router isn't 2 meters away from my mac.
And the wireless speed is fine when i connect with my dads windows laptop...
Does anyone has a solution? using a cable isnt a solution for me because in September I will move with my mac pro one floor down.

You might want to ask this in the Boot Camp forums. As your wireless work fine under Mac OS X it sounds to be a software issue as opposed to a hardware one which means as Windows users they'll better be able to help.

Wireless B Broadband Router (BEFW11S4) connects for only about 5 mins at a time

I have Wireless B Broadband Router (BEFW11S4). Worked fine for about 2 years. I've had a HP Pavilion for about a year now using the wireless and also have a desktop I use on it (wired). About a month ago the speed seemed to be lagging a little and the router was never secured with a password, so I changed that and added a password. Ever since then the laptop will not stay connected for more than about 5 mins. I have gone back and removed the password protect feature, but still have the problem. It has a problem connecting to the router. The signal bars always seem to be full, but still can't connect. I've tryed reseting the router, unpluging everything, etc and can't get it to have a steady connection like before. Sometimes I can connect to the internet even when it says "Not connected" in the wireless network connection 2 screen. I've tried to search and find a similar problem, but was surprised to not be able to find one. Any insight will help.
Thanks,
Lman

Thanks for the suggestions Wizzard. Although I did not know what all that stuff does, it didn't seem to help. I didn't not upgrade the firmware because there didn't seem to be any upgrades since 2003, before I bought it. Any other suggestions from anybody? Could anybody make an educated guess to whether it's the router or the laptop?
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Jumping gun? Netgear N300 Wireless ADSL2+ modem/router

Hi,
I'm probably jumping the gun here but I've got a Verizon Actiontec GT704WG modem/router and have been disapointed in the last few months by spotty wireless and internet connectivity when nothing else in my house has changed. In addition, I need to make a non-network-ready external HD a network drive so either have to have a NAS adapter (incredibly difficult to find at a local store) and I'm awaiting information on whether or not I have to format (again) my already FAT32 file system drive for an adapter to recognize the drive or whether or not the adapter will work without re-formatting my drive. The work around is the Netgear N300 Wireless ADSL2+ modem router because it will allow me to attach the non-network ready drive without an additional NAS adapter.
However, after reading all the problems that people have with third-party modem/routers and Verizon DSL I'm a little concerned about trying to hook this up as a solution. So I have some questions:
1. Do I have to put the Actiontec GT704WG into bridge mode as Verizon recommends or can I get rid of the Actiontec altogether and just use the new modem/router?
2. I have no idea if I have ADSL+ service with Verizon. Assume I can call and find out or get the info from my account page. But if I do not have that service, will the new modem/router work with basic ADSL service that Verizon provides (ok, that's my really dumb question)?
3. If it's better to just stick with the Verizon modem/router and get a NAS adapter does anyone have a recommendation on a reasonably priced adapter? I don't want a NAS enclosure as I'm not really interested in breaking my external drive and removing the guts so I'd prefer a stand-alone adapter.
4. If I can get rid of the Actiontec altogether, can someone provide some assistance for the proper settings to get me setup without too much fiddling? I'm so sick of spending hours trying to troubleshoot computer issues!
I have an older PC wired into the Actiontec, a network printer attached to the Actiontec, and am running windows XP pro on the PC and have a laptop that is running windows 7. Evil Empire Microsoft has made the lovely choice to make it difficult sometimes for the two OS to communicate and I'm tired of leaving the PC on all the time so that I can use my external drive (if Win7 cooperates) as a network drive through the PC. I'd rather have it as a real network drive operating independently of the PC and point my iTunes, word processing, and database programs to the network drive rather than trying to get them to run through the PC into the external drive.
I wish Verizon would offer more choices on modem/routers, especially ones that offer you the option to add a usb storage device as a network asset!
Thanks for any help! I know I'm jumping the gun a bit, but I'd like to return the new modem/router ASAP if it's not going to do what I need without tons of hassle.
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Since the Netgear you have is a DSL modem, there is no need to use the ActionTec. Disconnect it from the line and keep it around as a spare modem should you ever need it for troubleshooting purposes. Also, even though the modem you are buying is marketed as an ADSL2+ modem, the technology is specced to be backwards compatible with traditional ADSL. The ActionTec you currently have is an ADSL2+ modem itself, so that should back up that statement enough. The only thing you need to make sure you verify before switching the ActionTec out for the Netgear is what authentication mode the ActionTec is using. This can be set to either PPPoE or DHCP (shows as Routed Bridge mode) and should show up on the main status page when you visit the ActionTec's web inteface. If you're using PPPoE, you should have no issues getting the Netgear to work. If you're using DHCP, you will need to either close the MAC address of the ActionTec into the Netgear, or leave the modem overnight before you are able to obtain an IP address.
Otherwise the Netgear depends on how you decide to set it up. If you set it up through the Web Interface (http://192.168.1.1/ for Netgears, normally), you need to make sure the DSL Virtual Circuit is set to use 0/35, VPI of 0, VCI of 35. The modem should auto-detect this on first boot. Additionally, if you're using PPPoE you'd need to use your Verizon Username and Password to connect the modem. If you set it up using the Setup CD, it should do all of that heavy lifting.
ReadySHARE (what you're looking to set up with the External Hard Drive) uses the same Windows File and Sharing setup, however it does it using Samba shares, FTP and HTTP since the router runs Linux. The reliability you see might remain the same, but I suppose it's one of those things you need to wait and see how it works once the router is set up. Just remember, the speeds to the drive will not be as fast as going through a PC with better hardware under the hood.
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Log In Error and Poor Wireless Speed

Hello Forum Members,
I just picked up a EA6500 wireless router today and I am a bit disappointed. I paid $199 for this router because I was hoping to take advantage of of fast N speeds and the advanced features it offers.
When I first logged in to set up the router, I saw an amber exclamation point with a note that read "Updating Linksys Smart Wi-Fi Service". When I put my password in I was met with a "Unexpected Error" message.
Any idea what that means?
Any idea how to fix it?
Also, the firmware updater doesn't work.
Minor issues but I would hope these could be resolved. Now on to the more bothersome issue. Wireless speed is poor. I replaced a WRT160NL router with this one. On my old router using WPA2-Personal (AES) I would see speeds of ~300 Mbps. On my EA6500, I see 120 Mbps. I have checked and double checked all wireless and security settings and don't see anything that looks wrong.
Anyone else see this? Any ideas how to resolve?
Thanks,
garrman
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garrman wrote:
Hi Jibjib,
To say I have cascaded the EA6500 into another router would be inaccurate. I have the VDSL line coming into a 2Wire gateway. I decided not to use the wireless built into the 2Wire because it is wireless G only. The 2Wire gateway is handling the DHCP function. I have disabled the DHCP in the EA6500 so it acts like a switch for wired connections and a wireless access point.
Here is a link to my set up http://www.sbbala.com/uverse/ I used methos 2.
As mentioned above, I had a WRT160NL set up in the exact same configuration and it worked great delivering ~300 Mbps to the next room.
I'm not using the EA6500 in bridge mode as that's not what I am looking to do.
I don't think you would call what I'm doing LAN to LAN. I'm not creating a separate wireless network but rather a wireless access point.
The only changes I made from the stock configuration is to set the EA6500 ip address to 192.168.1.252, renamed both the 2.4 and 5.0 GHz wireless bands and apply WPA2 security. Lastly, I disabled DHCP on the EA6500.
Not sure why this would work on a WRT160NL and not on the EA6500.
Open the first link provided by jlbjlb or click List of common issues with Linksys Wi-Fi and Smart Wi-Fi Routers. I am sure that with that particular link, you can find the information and or suggestions helpful in resolving the type of issue you are having with the router.

SRP527W wireless speeds--repeat submission from Dec.

Bought the 527W in December, haven't been able to get a connection faster than 54Mbps even once. Andy Hickman saw to it I had access to the 1.01.19 Firmware release which appears to have solved the random 'no connection to my WAN' issue which so many others had also noted (thanks, Andy!), but absolutely no help with wireless speeds.
Scenario details available (I'll spare you the detail repeats), but suffice it so say that, even with a new 300Mbps-rated device in the same room as the router, less than 6 ft away with line-of-sight between the 2 devices, best speed is 54Mbps. Standard channel, wide channel, pick your frequency or advanced settings, I've been through the range. And gotten nowhere. If there's a trick to getting this thing working as the documents lay out, I haven't found it.
If others haven't had difficulties running in Multimode with 802.11b/g/n devices and it all works, then I'd guess I'm looking at a replacement. And since I originally identified the problem shortly after starting it up in the first place, it'd be a Cisco warranty job, no?
Any inputs/guidance/prayers gratefully accepted.

I have 3 PCs in the house: 2 tower units and 1 laptop. The 'main' PC (mine) uses ethernet cabling to the router, and the 2nd PC and laptop both use wireless. There are other devices as well, all cabled, but there are no issues with them. The laptop's internal wireless adapter is limited to 54Mbps by design, where the 2nd PC's internal PCI wireless NIC is 'N' capable (Netgear model WG311T). I know that it is functional at that speed and in it's present location because I was using it to connect to my previous router, a Netgear model, for over 3 years. There were issues with DHCP and 'whois?' reporting with that router, so I replaced it. I bought the Cisco because I wanted something a bit more advanced, to allow for service expansion to my home network in the future, as I progressed in my Cisco certification. I hold CCENT now, I'm well progressed in my ICND2 studies, and I am the sole network admin in a classified UK miltary program (aspects of CCNP or above in the design I inherited.) The Cisco router sits in the same location as the previous Netgear device did.
Since I have 1 device which cannot connect at 'N' speeds, I have to run in Mixed Mode. But for troubleshooting I ignored that, and have attempted to force the 2nd PC to connect at 'N' speeds by limiting to only that connection type, but no joy. I have made adjustments to thresholds, frequencies, etc., under the Advanced Settings for the wireless, and all with the same effect: if I try to force 'N' settings to other than defaults, in Mixed Mode or 'N' only, nothing connects at all.
The PCI card was in an XP machine when I bought the Cisco router, but is now in a Win7 machine (replaced the PC for his 16th birthday.) New OS, new drivers, same problem. So, assuming there's some compatibility issue between the NIC and the router, I bought a new 300Mbps-capable USB wireless adapter. For testing, I tried it with the laptop. Sitting in the same room as the router with no obstacles but air between them, this new adapter can't connect any faster than 54Mbps either (but it sees other networks in my neighborhood than I knew were there to begin with, I must say!!)
So: 2 different adapters, 2 different OS versions, 3 different PCs in multiple locations around the house, and 1 constant--the router. Any advice? I'm going to reset the router to factory default today to see if that does any good, but I'm not confident.
Thoughts?

WRT600N slow wireless speeds

I have a WRT600N router. I have one PC that is connected to the router via a wired connection. I also have an iPad (3rd generation) that is connected to the router via a wireless connection. On my PC, I went to speedtest.net and determined that I am receiving like 20MB downloads via the wired connection. However, my iPad only gets approximately less than 2 MB download speeds. I have tried reseting the router and I do have what I believe to be the latest firmware update (Firmware Version: 1.01.36 build 4). I also receive the slow download speeds when I try connecting the other wireless devices. I assume my problem has to do with some sort of configuration setting found in the router configuration page (http://192.168.1.1/). Can anyone please advise me what to do? The router is only a few feet away from my iPad so the signal strength is strong. I just don't understand why I'm receiving such slow wireless download speeds.
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dpnowak wrote:
This suggestion did not work. I tried to isolate the problem by optimizing the router's wireless settings. I used the 2.4GHz, set the radio band to standard 20Mhz then set the standard channel to 9. The laptop had the same slow wireless speeds as the iPad did.
This may be due to the IPv6 feature on your computer. One of the solutions may be disabling IPv6. If the issue still exist after performing this step and download speed is fine when connected straight to the modem then reset reconfigure could work, just use WPA2 for the security with AES and a fixed channel for wireless.

EA6200 in Bridge Mode Slow Wireless Speeds

Hello All,
I just purchased a Linsys EA6200 AC router (refurb) to extend my existing wireless network. I have setup the 6200 as an access point using the Bridge Mode outlined in the Users Guide (automatic configuration). While I am able to connect to the Internet from the router wirelessly, my Internet speeds while connected are roughly a third of my max MBPS, I have a 55 MBPS connection and consistently get speeds around 14-20 MBPS with this router from a 10-12 foot wireless distance. I get full speed while wired in, however, as soon as I go back to WiFI I get a significant performance drop.
Is there something that can be done to correct this? I am running the latest firmware and have set the 2.4G channel to 20mhz and the 5G channel to 40mhz while specifying a channel number with no increase in performance or speed. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

What Mfr and model is the main host router?
Try single mode G or N or mixed G and N on 2.4Ghz and single mode N or Mixed on 5Ghz on the main host router?
Channel Width set for Auto 20/40Mhz. 20Mhz can slow the wireless speeds down.
Try setting a manual Channel to a open or unused channel. 1, 6 or 11. 11 for single mode N if the channel is clear. 13 for EU regions. Try channel 48 or 149 on 5Ghz.
http://kb.linksys.com/Linksys/ukp.aspx?vw=1&docid=f2625b15a5d7454b8e7fafbe65d5aa63_4009.xml&pid=80&r...
What security mode are you using? Preferred security is WPA-Personal. WPA2 Only. http://kb.linksys.com/Linksys/ukp.aspx?vw=1&docid=8ce9e83bd3784001aee72da7f1ef48e8_Changing_the_basi...
http://kb.linksys.com/Linksys/ukp.aspx?pid=80&vw=1&articleid=19073
Any 2.4Ghz or 5Ghz cordless house phones or WiFi APs near by?
Any other WiFi routers in the area? Link> Use http://www.metageek.net/support/metageek-software-archives/ to find out. Use v3. How many?
WMM Support must be enabled for single wireless N mode to function.

Slow wireless speed with new iMac Intel- problem with 802.11g?

There IS a problem with the new Intel Mac, I have tried both the Intel iMac and the new Intel Mac mini and they both have the same problem with slow wireless speed (or rather it variates, if I do a ping to another computer on the network the speed goes from < 1 ms up to 1000 ms and then down to < 1 ms and so on). The older mac minis, my Linux boxes and my Windows PCs don´t have that problem. I have also read reports on the net and it appears that most users experiencing this problem have wireless card firmware version 101.3 (3.120.28.3) . A possible "fix" is to change to 802.11b on the router and then it works. No speed fluctuations and a stabile network! I know it is a bad solution, I would prefer to use 802.11g and get the speed. However I think this points to a problem with the drivers regarding 802.11g. I am starting up a new thread on this and those of you with problems, please try to switch to 802.11b and if it works let us make Apple aware of this.
/Tobbe

Which home hub do you have?
There is some general help at this link Wireless connection problems
There are some useful help pages here, for BT Broadband customers only, on my personal website.
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Wireless speed faster than direct hookup E4200

Have high speed cable and find that the wireless speeds using Speedtest.net are faster than when hooking directly into the E4200. Do I have something set incorrectly?

Have you tried checking the cables or the specs of your LAN card?
You see, the e4200 router is a gigabit router. This means, your LAN card must also be a gigabit adapter to have a better wired connection.
"Don't fix it if it ain't broken."

Wireless speed of new iMac

What's the maximum speed of the wireless connection of the new iMac (27") ?
is the Mac running at 2.4Ghz or 5Ghz...
and 20Mhz or 40Mhz?

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
Wireless speed is not measured in Ghz. It is measured in bps. 802.11n is typically between 100 and 200 Mbps depending on local interference. That said, any other device sharing the wireless network at the same protocol will slow it down often by a proportionate amount if it is constantly sharing the network. Any device using it on a slower protocol, will slow down the wireless network to the slower protocol. Draft 802.11n often is only 54 Mbps, and so is the 2.4 Ghz in many instances when it is non-Apple. 802.11g for instance is 33 Mbps. 802.11b is about 12 Mbps. If your wireless router is set for using both 802.11n and a slower protocol, it generally will only slow down when a slower device is connected. Note these speeds are only good for devices sharing the same router. Apple's routers also have 100Mps and Gigabit ethernet, which would decrease the shared network speed with ethernet devices accordingly. You will still see the slower speed of your internet connection still be the maximum speed for data transfer over the internet.

Significantly slow wireless speeds

I just got a used MB133LL/A in very good condition. But as i got it the wireless speeds were really bad, i downloaded all the updates (slowly) and still the same problem, I also tried installing Windows XP and still the same problem. I get a max of 100kb/s (even when transfering from a shared networked computer) and i can't even do simple things like stream a youtube video at a decent rate.
It's not my router since I have other devices wirelessly connected that work fine, and its not my internet because I can connect my macbook pro with an ethernet cord and get normal speeds. It seems like a hardware issue because it does the exact same thing before and after updates and with mac os and windows. Is this a known issue and is there some firmware i'm missing or something?
Thanks

i finally ran into a decent post about my problem over here: http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/960760.html
he said use code:
sudo sysctl -w net.inet.tcp.delayed_ack=0
Then put this in to /etc/sysctl.conf
net.inet.tcp.delayed_ack=0
I don't know what he meant by /etc/sysctl.conf but putting the sudo code into my terminal worked wonders. Apparently it disables some algorithm called Nagle's algorithm.
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[SOLVED] NetworkManager kills wireless speed

When I connect my work wifi network using NetworkManager, the speed unstable -- with it being less than 1KB/s more often than not. The connection speed seems to be fine when I disable NetworkManager and use a simple iwconfig essid key command and dhcpcd. My laptop is dual-boot, and the speed is fine in Windows as well.
NetworkManager seems to be setting my resolv.conf correctly.
Signal strength is not an issue.
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Rather baffling problem to me. Ideas?
Last edited by Hamsterkill (2012-03-16 21:47:18)

I don't have access to router configuration at my job, unfortunately.
I did try manually configuring my IP, DNS and Gateway for the connection, though. When I did that, the connection speed seemed more stable -- never cutting out completely. Tx aggregation didn't get enabled in dmesg. However, wireless speed was still only 1-1.5Mbps in speedtests whereas I get a full 20Mbps when I use the iwconfig+dhcpcd method.
EDIT: It also seemed to have attached to a much farther access point for the network than normal when I did that way, so I just manually configured the BSSID as well and tried to run a speedtest. I got a nice speed initially, (15Mbps) but it cut the connection quickly and wouldn't even run the upload test. So I looked at dmesg and Tx aggregation was enabled on the connection again.
Last edited by Hamsterkill (2012-03-16 21:20:46)

Wrt54gs2 slow wireless speed

I have a brand new wrt54gs2. At first I had trouble getting to the configuration page unless I rebooted it. I upgraded the firmware and seemd to fix it, but now the wireless speed is very slow. I configured it as I have configured many 54gs before. The wireless speed is less than 1MB and the wired speed is over 12MB. Any suggestions. (I want my wrt54g back!)

@sandman879 Thanks for the pointer!!
I registered with this site just to respond!
The wireless web access check was exacttly it!
I did the firmware upgrade to the June 2009 release, and I was still slower than 4k upload and 87k download. After I did the check on the web access from wireless, I was back up and running at normal speeds.
I like the idea of locking out the router maintanace page to wireless users, but not at the expense of killing off bandwidth.
I really hope Linksys/Cisco takes a look into that and upgrades the filter on that. I wonder if the router just got overloaded with inspecting the wireless packets for destination addresses of the router. LAME! That's a 1993 problem.
So really everyone, check to see if you have the Wireless Web Access option disabled, then take a deep breath and tell that security monkey in your head to shut up and enable that option.

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