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I recently upgraded my WiFi Last month  i’m using cat 5E ethernet cablesAnd when I looked it up it says cat 5E is rated  for 1000 MB per second I originally had 100mps download speed And then I upgraded to 300mps  my motherboard is gigabit My router and my modem boxes both say they support 300 MB per second any ideas

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Yeah like what are you using to run a speed test? If your not getting expect download speeds from something like steam or origin its most likely due by a cap on their side, however speed tests done on like google are much faster and let you see the full speed since its a small amount of files downloaded/uploaded.

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you're only going to get as much as you pay for, minus what your router/access point can handle, minus what you share on the same access point.

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Also its great that your PC is Gigabit but you don't mention whether your Modem or Router runs its Network at 1Gbps if it doesnt then your whole internal network is running at 100Mbps 

 

Check the network adapter and what speed its running at in windows. either way, you haven't actually said you have an issue, I am just guessing . 

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ok im back iv been bashiong my head to the wall turns out it is my roughter when i connect to the motem i get 200mps ishh witch means its my roughter but i hit another wall i am up to date with the latest update with my roughter why am i geting slower speeds

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1 hour ago, Cesar.gonzalez1341 said:

ok im back iv been bashiong my head to the wall turns out it is my roughter when i connect to the motem i get 200mps ishh witch means its my roughter but i hit another wall i am up to date with the latest update with my roughter why am i geting slower speeds

You pay for 300 mbps.

 

What speed do you get when connected via ethernet cable? List speed tests and results used.

What speed do you get when connected via wifi?

 

What are the models of hardware being used for model and router?

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Also, what does this have to do with WiFi?  You're talking about your broadband and wired connections, no mention of WiFi in there.

Router:  Intel N100 (pfSense) WiFi6: Zyxel NWA210AX (1.7Gbit peak at 160Mhz)
WiFi5: Ubiquiti NanoHD OpenWRT (~500Mbit at 80Mhz) Switches: Netgear MS510TXUP, MS510TXPP, GS110EMX
ISPs: Zen Full Fibre 900 (~930Mbit down, 115Mbit up) + Three 5G (~800Mbit down, 115Mbit up)
Upgrading Laptop/Desktop CNVIo WiFi 5 cards to PCIe WiFi6e/7

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2 hours ago, Cesar.gonzalez1341 said:

ok im back iv been bashiong my head to the wall turns out it is my roughter when i connect to the motem i get 200mps ishh witch means its my roughter but i hit another wall i am up to date with the latest update with my roughter why am i geting slower speeds

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i have the main and only modem in my room the cables comes from hte wall to the back of my modem NETGEAR CM400 using the included ethernet cat5e cable thats yellow from the motem to the router netgear n300 wnr2000v5 using my own cat5e calble i connect it my desktop

and this is my desktop

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CPU Cooler Corsair H100i RGB PLATINUM 75 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $159.99 @ Best Buy
Motherboard Gigabyte X570 GAMING X ATX AM4 Motherboard $169.99 @ Best Buy
Memory Team 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory $29.49 @ Amazon
Storage Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $65.98 @ Amazon
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Keyboard Redragon K552 Wired Gaming Keyboard $38.99 @ Amazon
Mouse Razer Mamba Elite Wired Optical Mouse $49.99 @ Amazon
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1 hour ago, Cesar.gonzalez1341 said:

i have the main and only modem in my room the cables comes from hte wall to the back of my modem NETGEAR CM400 using the included ethernet cat5e cable thats yellow from the motem to the router netgear n300 wnr2000v5 using my own cat5e calble i connect it my desktop

and this is my desktop

The router, netgear n300 wnr2000v5, only has 100Mbps ports on it. Regardless of the false advertising of "up to 300Mbps" you will NEVER see over 100Mbps with that router. You need something with gigabit ports.

 

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if i get a new router that does support the new faster speed will i need to replace my modem

 

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13 minutes ago, Cesar.gonzalez1341 said:

if i get a new router that does support the new faster speed will i need to replace my modem

 

No the CM400 modem has a gigabit port to the router. So just get a new router with gigabit ports and you're good.

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Although its worth bearing in mind that not all routers with Gigabit ports can achieve the same speed for actual broadband traffic.  So generally, don't go for anything too cheap.

Router:  Intel N100 (pfSense) WiFi6: Zyxel NWA210AX (1.7Gbit peak at 160Mhz)
WiFi5: Ubiquiti NanoHD OpenWRT (~500Mbit at 80Mhz) Switches: Netgear MS510TXUP, MS510TXPP, GS110EMX
ISPs: Zen Full Fibre 900 (~930Mbit down, 115Mbit up) + Three 5G (~800Mbit down, 115Mbit up)
Upgrading Laptop/Desktop CNVIo WiFi 5 cards to PCIe WiFi6e/7

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10 hours ago, Cesar.gonzalez1341 said:

will a d-link dir 655 work?

 

If you don't need good wireless speeds, then yes.

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On 5/28/2020 at 3:33 AM, Cesar.gonzalez1341 said:

will a d-link dir 655 work?

 

Depends on the specific revision but its likely it wont be able to handle 300Mbit. https://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-reviews/30726-d-link-dir-655-a4-quick-review

Router:  Intel N100 (pfSense) WiFi6: Zyxel NWA210AX (1.7Gbit peak at 160Mhz)
WiFi5: Ubiquiti NanoHD OpenWRT (~500Mbit at 80Mhz) Switches: Netgear MS510TXUP, MS510TXPP, GS110EMX
ISPs: Zen Full Fibre 900 (~930Mbit down, 115Mbit up) + Three 5G (~800Mbit down, 115Mbit up)
Upgrading Laptop/Desktop CNVIo WiFi 5 cards to PCIe WiFi6e/7

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Asus RT-N53 Router so i found this one for $20 but on the box it says 300mps by 300mps i havent bought it yet what does it mean

 

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Asus RT-N53 Router so i found this one for $20 but on the box it says 300mps by 300mps i havent bought it yet what does it mean

 

It means both the 2.4GHz and 5GHz networks have a theoretical maximum of 300Mbps each.

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5 minutes ago, Cesar.gonzalez1341 said:

it says 10/100 lan dose that mean ill get 100mps speed ?

 

Yes, you'll be limited to 100Mbps speed.

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4 hours ago, Cesar.gonzalez1341 said:

ooof let me not buy that time to keep looking

 

Well I did say don't buy anything cheap, and by that I mean even $150 routers might not handle 300Mbit.  You have to research what their NAT speed is which unfortunately can be tricky to find out.

Never cheap out on the router, its the single most important network device and its pointless paying for 300Mbit if your router can't handle it.

Router:  Intel N100 (pfSense) WiFi6: Zyxel NWA210AX (1.7Gbit peak at 160Mhz)
WiFi5: Ubiquiti NanoHD OpenWRT (~500Mbit at 80Mhz) Switches: Netgear MS510TXUP, MS510TXPP, GS110EMX
ISPs: Zen Full Fibre 900 (~930Mbit down, 115Mbit up) + Three 5G (~800Mbit down, 115Mbit up)
Upgrading Laptop/Desktop CNVIo WiFi 5 cards to PCIe WiFi6e/7

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