Archer C6 limits speed to 10mbps, while the available speed is 100mbps from the provider

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Archer C6 limits speed to 10mbps, while the available speed is 100mbps from the provider
Archer C6 limits speed to 10mbps, while the available speed is 100mbps from the provider
2020-12-18 07:53:14
Model: Archer C6  
Hardware Version: V2
Firmware Version: 1.3.6 Build 20200902 rel.65591 (4555)

 

  1. Provider: ACT
  2. After connecting to Archer C6, that I purchased 3 days back, speed is showing 10mbps on mobile/laptop both connected wirelessly, both in 5GHz, 2.4GHz.
  3. Speed validated to be 100mbps by connecting my laptop directly to the cable.
  4. Tried to alter the setting of Duplex from Auto negotiation to 100mbps, 1000mbps separately - but things didn't improve.
  5. Here is the screen shot for 10mbps limit.

7. Screen shot for Duplex setting:

 

Screen shot showing the wifi adapter properties:

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Re:Archer C6 limits speed to 10mbps, while the available speed is 100mbps from the provider
2020-12-18 20:42:54 - last edited 2020-12-18 20:43:42

Altering Duplex settings won't help you, because they affect only wired connections (cable connections), but your issue is with Wi-Fi connections as you stated. On the other hand, I can see that your wireless association speed is 292.5 mbps. So, there shouldn't be a speed problem with Wi-Fi either. Do you have the Smart Connect feature enabled. If yes then disable that and test again on 5GHz band.

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Re:Archer C6 limits speed to 10mbps, while the available speed is 100mbps from the provider
2020-12-19 03:41:55

@Ivaylo , thank you for responding.

 

Yes, smart connect has been disabled & I tested on both 2.4, 5 GHz separately. Please let me know what needs to be done to get rid of this problem. I purchased this only to get more speed compared to my old TPLink router.

 

 

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Re:Archer C6 limits speed to 10mbps, while the available speed is 100mbps from the provider
2020-12-19 04:10:07 - last edited 2020-12-19 04:20:08

Try these settings for both bands and see if that makes any difference:

 

 

The other thing you could do is to update your wireless adapter driver to the latest available.

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Re:Archer C6 limits speed to 10mbps, while the available speed is 100mbps from the provider
2020-12-19 15:06:26

@Ivaylo 

Thank you for your further response. I tried your recommended method... Didn't work. Please let me know how to unblock here.

 

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Re:Archer C6 limits speed to 10mbps, while the available speed is 100mbps from the provider
2020-12-19 18:01:14 - last edited 2020-12-19 18:01:48

Have you recently updated the router's FW ? If yes, then hard reset - (Method 1) and re-configure from scratch.

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Re:Archer C6 limits speed to 10mbps, while the available speed is 100mbps from the provider
2020-12-19 18:07:29

@Ivaylo 

 

I have not updated the router. In fact, it is not showing any updates - came with recent updated version.

Do you still recommend the hard reset ?

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Re:Archer C6 limits speed to 10mbps, while the available speed is 100mbps from the provider
2020-12-19 18:18:11
If you have up to date wireless drivers on you laptop, QoS is not configured on your router and the Wi-Fi settings that I sent didn't help, then yes, make the hard reset and test again.
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Re:Archer C6 limits speed to 10mbps, while the available speed is 100mbps from the provider
2020-12-19 19:10:44

@Ivaylo 

 

Just finished hard reset and tested again keeping all defaults as they are. Not even changed the SSID or password. Still not resolved. Pasted both default settings, speed test results. Please take a look and let me know.

 

 

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Re:Archer C6 limits speed to 10mbps, while the available speed is 100mbps from the provider
2020-12-19 21:03:24
What type is your ISP service , can you send a screenshot of your WAN settings ?
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Re:Archer C6 limits speed to 10mbps, while the available speed is 100mbps from the provider
2020-12-20 04:57:46

@Ivaylo 

 

Here are the settings - please let me know if you need more information.

 

 

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