WIFI ROUTER SLOWING DOWN?

[Titus Rich]

I have an ASUS RT-N300 wifi router that i have had for about a year. I am Internet through Optimum.
As of late, it seems as if my connection is very latent/slow for some reason. My questions are as follows:
1 - are there any tests i can run to see if i can diagnose what the issue is?
2 - is this a decent router for an apt, or should i get a better router at this point?

Any other information you can offer me would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

 

[hyelton]

I have an ASUS RT-N300 wifi router that i have had for about a year. I am Internet through Optimum.
As of late, it seems as if my connection is very latent/slow for some reason. My questions are as follows:
1 - are there any tests i can run to see if i can diagnose what the issue is?
2 - is this a decent router for an apt, or should i get a better router at this point?

Any other information you can offer me would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

What sort of speeds are you speeding? Speedtest.net do it over a wired connection.

That’s only a 2.4GHz router so if your experiencing slow speeds over WiFi and there’s tons of other WiFi networks around you that’s a problem as well.


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[Greg72]

Wireless-N is an ancient standard by today’s standards. It is a multi-channel 54gbps burst rate protocol that is only now just replacing Wireless-G on the 2.4ghz band and is replacing Wireless-A on the 5Ghz band.

 

[sfx2000]

As of late, it seems as if my connection is very latent/slow for some reason.

Try changing the channel - might have one of your neighbors stepping in the same channel as you are on.

 

[Val D.]

Any other information you can offer me would be greatly appreciated.

Most likely someone else jumped on the same WiFi channel, as pointed by @sfx2000 above. I used to constantly chase WiFi channels on 2.4GHz years ago, had no much of a choice with 30+ networks around. Make sure you use 20MHz wide channel only. That results in up to 144Mbps link speed, or about 70Mbps throughput, if you are lucky. If your ISP speed is faster, it's time to upgrade your router and move to 5GHz band.

 

[zakoh]

Most likely someone else jumped on the same WiFi channel,

Also, you shouldn't exclude the possibility of simply bad broadband connection. This can be tested by using a PC with a wired connection. It can happen sometimes. I had ATT's Uverse for years since 2012, and I always had problems. Intermittent and significant packet loss, slow and unreliable DNS, downloads constantly interrupted, and loading a website resulting frequently in server not found and similar BS. This was so bad, who knows if they had some kind of hardware problems specific to our neighborhood. After a couple of years of struggle with this, the ATT "solved" this problem by upgrading us from something like 35Mbps to about 80ish, but the same problems continued, until I dumped ATT for Spectrum which has ZERO of those problems.

Of course, there is no excuse to continue using 802.11N routers, with many good 802.11AC routers now costing well under 100 dollars.

 

[Val D.]

Of course, there is no excuse to continue using 802.11N routers, with many good 802.11AC routers now costing well under 100 dollars.

Seriously? If one has 20-50Mbps DSL ISP, up to 10 devices and no requirements of super fast Intranet, Wireless-N offers more than enough performance to cover all the needs. 2x2 client (laptop, cell phone, tablet) on 5GHz can reach easily 150Mbps throughput. What's the excuse to spend extra $100+ for an AC router in this case? Not every home in the World has access to >100Mbps ISP, nor needs >20 devices attached to the router. And $100 in some countries are more than a monthly salary... you know that? Is this forum intended for the rich and privileged ones only?

 

[hyelton]

Seriously? If one has 20-50Mbps DSL ISP, up to 10 devices and no requirements of super fast Intranet, Wireless-N offers more than enough performance to cover all the needs. 2x2 client (laptop, cell phone, tablet) on 5GHz can reach easily 150Mbps throughput. What's the excuse to spend extra $100+ for an AC router in this case? Not every home in the World has access to >100Mbps ISP, nor needs >20 devices attached to the router. And $100 in some countries are more than a monthly salary... you know that? Is this forum intended for the rich and privileged ones only?

AC routers can be gotten for under $60.... Also normal wireless N in a lot of cases you would be lucky to get more than 30mbps if it's only 2.4Ghz... if there's a lot of wifi networks around you 2.4ghz for speed consider 20-30mbps lucky

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[Val D.]

AC routers can be gotten for under $60...

Why to spend extra money for something you don't need?
What good is an AC router for devices with no support for 5GHz band?

I've been in about 35 countries and I can tell you with confidence that $100 is a lot of money in many places. People in many countries don't have the latest models iPhones or Galaxies and 20-30Mbps Internet is something they have never seen in real life. We are lucky to see a lot of WiFi networks around, actually. Tell me again about "there is no excuse" thing...

 

[hyelton]

Why to spend extra money for something you don't need?
What good is an AC router for devices with no support for 5GHz band?

I've been in about 35 countries and I can tell you with confidence that $100 is a lot of money in many places. People in many countries don't have the latest models iPhones or Galaxies and 20-30Mbps Internet is something they have never seen in real life. We are lucky to see a lot of WiFi networks around, actually. Tell me again about "there is no excuse" thing...

Use a wired connect of speed matters?

Devices that have no 5GHz support in a crowded Wi-Fi area there’s nothing you can do but deal with the slower speeds. If it’s a 2.4GHz congestion issue having a device that supports 5GHz would be required.



But yeah if you don’t have a device that supports 5GHz would be pointless to get an AC router


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