Asus AC58u Wireless Router giving low speeds

[Anil]

are you getting 150 Mbps on LAN?
please can you post the speedtest link

 

[Deleted member 13033]

I am assuming you were using WR841N..... Please tell, how were you getting 96mbps on 802.11n?

The best I got was 68.8mbps, that also putting my phone next to router antenna.

Maybe it was lan speed!

 

[Deleted member 13033]

I am having the same router. I can easily max out my 200 Mbps connection over WiFi with this router. What is the cable you are using to connect the Modem to router? Is it Cat 5 or 6? Can you try replacing the cable with the latest Cat 7 one from Amazon. Even after this if you face the issue try getting a replacement from Asus as this router has 3 year warranty.

How will cable effect my wifi speed if wired lan speed is ok?

 

[Deleted member 13033]

are you getting 150 Mbps on LAN?
please can you post the speedtest link

Ya full 150 up and down on Lan, 1ms ping, will post it today later, not at PC right now.

 

[Deleted member 13033]

What should be DNS for ACT, I had it on Google DNS and now removed as DHCP, speeds are much better touched 110 Mbps but I was finding it tad bit faster if I was using 49.207.46.24p primary and secondary as 8.8.4.4.

what dns is best in terms of 0 latency lag

 

[Sushubh]

act does not block custom nameservers?

 

[Deleted member 13033]

I don't think so..


Source

LAN Speed test (wired)

 

[varkey]

Perhaps its a faulty wireless module too

 

[Deleted member 13033]

Hmm.. its ok for the most part now !

 

[wecaz]

Dear Old friend,

I am using the same router for an year.

My observations:
LAN speed are always full. Hence, not the problem with ISP.
WiFi speeds are always less. By how much, that's where the specifications of the router and client device come into picture.

Few things, I have tried(I know you are already a pro):

Update/re-install WiFi drivers at old laptop/pc.
Newer laptop always get higher speed connection. Seems to have better hardware.
Played with router location to get better speed at important location in the house.
Played with antenna directions to get better speed at important location in the house.
Played with laptop placement and direction in the room to avoid blind spots.
Played with different WiFi bands/width to avoid network interference with the neighbours.

I managed to get maximum 94mbps up and down on an 100mbps connection at few places in the home. Not all the devices and not all the locations get that speed.

The only problem still bothers me is the quality of DNS. Downloads are blazing fast. Browsing is damn slow, similar to old 512kbps or 1mbps era.