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PostPosted: Sun Dec 07, 2025 11:25    Post subject: WiFi Speeds Very slow vs wired Reply with quote
I have a Netgear Nighthawk x4s r7800. Using my dell xps laptop over wifi, I get speeds of ~5mbps up/down. I am only a few feet away from it. On my desktop, with a wired connection, I get ~700 down, and 42 up. I am using speedtest.net.
What settings should I be looking at and what could be going on?
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 07, 2025 11:42    Post subject: Reply with quote
What Build are you running?

Are you connected to 5 GHz or 2.4 GHz?

In Wireless->Status you will find your Dell and what speed its connection has?
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 08, 2025 13:41    Post subject: Reply with quote
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I see my laptop listed, but it doesn't say if it's 5 or 2.4.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 08, 2025 18:04    Post subject: Reply with quote
Status -> Wireless, wlan0 should be 5GHz, wlan1 2.4.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 08, 2025 22:08    Post subject: Reply with quote
They are all on wlan1.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 09, 2025 1:06    Post subject: Reply with quote
And this is why one should probably have separate SSIDs for each radio.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2025 19:33    Post subject: Reply with quote
Even with only 7 clients listed?
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 14, 2025 15:08    Post subject: Reply with quote
kernel-panic69 wrote:
And this is why one should probably have separate SSIDs for each radio.

I thought I had read somewhere if you name the ssids the same for 2.4ghz and 5, the client will choose the best option. Should I name them differently?
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