GL-AR750S Slow with 5ghz wifi

Technical Support for Routers
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Does anyone know why I am experiencing slow WIFI with the 5G band on the GL-AR750S?

The Xfinity modem/wireless router I’m using is so much faster than the GL.iNet router. I have tried both Google speed test and speedtest.net and getting close to the same results on both.

Xfinity Direct Ethernet downloads at 300+Mbps. 5ghz wifi downloads at 240Mbps.

On the GL-AR750S ethernet direct download is about 250Mbps. 5ghz is about 20-100Mbps

I have turned off the wifi on the Xfinity router thinking that maybe it’s interfering with the GL.iNet router. No change in speed. Still only 20-100Mbps.

Any ideas of why this device is so slow?

2

How about 2.4G wifi? 20-100Mbps seems a typical speed on 2.4G wifi, not 5G.

Can you check again?

Maybe you can give your 5G config for check.

3

Just tested 2.4g with 5G off and downloaded at 20Mbps.

Then tested 5g with 2.4 off and downloaded at 105Mbps.

A far cry from the 327Mbps the Xfinity router is able to download on 5Ghz.

I think I may return this device if I can’t figure it out because if it’s this slow now I can’t imagine how slow it will be once I Start using a VPN.

Thanks for any insight y’all might have.

4

I suggest you change 5G WiFi channel and have another try.

When using vpn you will have slow speed anyway.

5

Tried other channels and it only sped it up to 127Mbps