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March 9th, 2025 21:22
Wi-Fi speed slower than expected...
XPS 15 9560
I recently switched to Ezee Fiber's 1 Gig plan, supposed to be 1 up & 1 down, I find I'm getting at best 400 Mbps down & not much over 100 Mbps up.
I'm using a Netgear Nighthawk Wi-Fi 6 mesh router with 2 satellites & at the router itself I'm seeing 942 Mbps down & 679 Mbps up.
I've checked power seeings & both plugged in & on battery are set to maximum performance.
Laptop is within 3 ft of the router - what else could or should I be checking and/or adjusting?
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ejn63
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March 9th, 2025 22:06
This is a pretty old system -- if it's still using the 12+ year old wifi card, that could be a big part of the issue.
What model wireless card does the system have?
mikey59
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March 10th, 2025 00:47
this is 12 years old?!?
I've got the Killer Wireless-n/a/ac 1535 Wireless Network Adapter
With 32 GB of RAM & a 2 TB SSD, I'd hate to think what a new one's gonna cost me - can I upgrade the card I currently have?
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ejn63
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March 10th, 2025 00:54
The system can be upgraded to a new M.2 Wifi 6 card - just be sure you stick with the AX200 card (not the cheaper AX201, which won't work with the older CPU you have).
mikey59
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March 10th, 2025 01:48
Jeez, this is my 3rd reply - maybe this one will show up?
Is there a model number ?
mikey59
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March 10th, 2025 05:10
Dunno if I can post actual links on here, but I see one for about $20 on Amazon, AX200 WiFi 6 Adapter | Dual-Band 802.11ax M.2 WiFi Card for PC
mikey59
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March 10th, 2025 14:07
@ejn63 I dunno what's going on here, as I've made several responses & the only ones that are showing are mine?!?
I also got an email that said my comment was made to a new post, but then when I click the link I get a message that I don't have permission to view it??