AC1750 (Archer A7) slow wired speed
AC1750 (Archer A7) slow wired speed
I bought two TP-Link AC1750 routers, one to use for my parents' house and one for my house. I set mine up, like the admin, works right away, good range, etc. I updated the firmware. However when I try a speed test (speedof.me) from my wired computer, I get 15-20 Mbps or so download speed. It actually doesn't even peak much higher than that, like 30 something. I did a speed test at Charter's Ookla page and also got around 30 Mbps there. Prior to the router change I used a Netgear N750 WNDR4000 and got right around 100 Mbps.
I have done a bunch of speed tests since then, and only one time it did peak higher than the 30s - it peaked right at 100 actually. So that's interesting, it can go faster. I have some screenshots of speed tests if needed. I have power cycled both modem and router in there as well. It seems normal and quick enough for web browsing, but I did do a big Steam game download that was slow.
Yesterday, I made it to my parents' house and swapped their router for the second AC1750 I bought. It works right away as well, and I did not update the firmware. It gets about 125 Mbps in speed tests when before it had gotten 100 Mbps. Great, a little improvement. It's probably modem-limited since that hasn't been changed in a long time (and same for mine). So I'm fine with that. We both have Charter Spectrum service, and we can try swapping in newer modems later.
So riddle me this, what's going on with my slow router? What can I check? The updated firmware is one obvious difference, but I'm doubtful on that. I wish I had done a speed test before updating firmware on mine. Mine was a v5.8 and my parents' was a v5.0 so that's another difference. I set the wifi network(s) name and password on both. I have a NAS at my house and I reserved the IP it had so that wouldn't change. I also set port 80 forwarding for it initially, but then I noticed it was in the UPNP already so I removed my change. I have not yet tried powering down my NAS to see if it is going nuts and using all my bandwidth for some reason, but it didn't prior to the change. I think I will try different ports next. I'm stumped. I saw someone with a similar problem in an old post here was asked about NAT boost being enabled, but I didn't see that in the menus.
Thank you for any help!
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Hi -- I seem to be having the same issues with my AC1750 (EX6250). But I can't seem to find out how to get to the Advanced settings.
When I access the extended via its op address, I get a fairly simple user interface, and no advanced settings that I can find.
Can you point me in the right direction ?
Thanks
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Similar issues. I am getting 440-450 at the modem.
From the AC1750 I am getting the following:
- 90 Mbps on 2.4 Ghz Wifi
- 95Mbps on 5.0 Ghz Wifi
- 95 wired CAT5
I have the latest firmware: 1.0.16 Build 20201029 rel.43238
I have tried with and without NAT Boost
I have also tried with and without Smart Connect enabled.
I have switched from Auto Negotiating, Full 100Mbps and 1000Mbps duplex
I have done a reboot after each setting change.
I am using the same cable to test at both the Modem and the Router.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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@mimo76 I have similar issues with mine as well! Perfect 100 mbps speed out of the modem. Both my wired and wireless Archer A7 connects are leaving me with 42 mbps download at best! I've played around with the same settings. I'm hopeful someone can help!
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@mimo76 I just wanted to post again - I've been on the phone with tech support trying to resolve this and I believe they have solved it. I disabled the QoS setting on the router and I am now getting 100 mbps out of my router! I had my living room tv set as a "priority" which seems to have enable the QoS and set a max bandwidth speed at 50 mpbs for some reason. Look into it under advanced settings - maybe it will help you too!
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@Veronica8675 , unfortunately that didn't work for me. Guess I'll be spending some time with tech support.
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