KiriThePhotog
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Q: Airport Extreme cuts my internet speed in half???

I just got 100mb/sec internet services through my provider. When I connect the model directly to the mac mini that I use as my server and run a speed test, I get 97mb/sec download. But when I hook up through my Airport Extreme through CAT6 I only get 50mb/sec download.

 

Is there a setting I should change in Airport Utilities or something?

Airport Extreme , iOS 7.0.4

Posted on Jan 10, 2014 4:01 PM

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Q: Airport Extreme cuts my internet speed in half???

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  • by Joseph Kriz,

    Joseph Kriz Joseph Kriz Jan 10, 2014 4:38 PM in response to KiriThePhotog
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    Jan 10, 2014 4:38 PM in response to KiriThePhotog

    Which Mac Mini version do you have?

     

    Which Airport Base station version and generation do you have?

     

    Helps to give us all the info you are aware of.

  • by KiriThePhotog,

    KiriThePhotog KiriThePhotog Jan 10, 2014 11:13 PM in response to Joseph Kriz
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    Jan 10, 2014 11:13 PM in response to Joseph Kriz

    I purchaced them both in late 2010, and everything is all up to date

  • by Wakilogu,

    Wakilogu Wakilogu Jul 28, 2016 10:52 AM in response to KiriThePhotog
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    Jul 28, 2016 10:52 AM in response to KiriThePhotog

    I have the same problem. Bought an Airport Extreme 4th gen. It's configured in bridge mode and hooked up with a cat6 cable in the modem/router. The radio of this modem/router is turned off. The 5ghz WiFi speed is less than half of 100mbs. Sometimes even lower. When checking the speed over ethernet it get's full 100 Mbps. When I turn on the radio(WiFi) on the modem/router (5ghz) it also reach full 100 Mbps. The distantie front the AE and modem/router is 30 cm. I tried several things but nothing helps getting the AE reach the 100 Mbps. What can I even try more?

    I also tried changing modem/router in bridge and AE as DHCP server, but no differences in speeds.

  • by Tesserax,

    Tesserax Tesserax Jul 28, 2016 12:59 PM in response to Wakilogu
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    Jul 28, 2016 12:59 PM in response to Wakilogu

    Bought an Airport Extreme 4th gen.

    ... and this, potentially, may be the problem. The 4th gen Extreme came out in mid-2011 and were discontinued in mid-2013 ... so even if you bought the last release it would be over 3 years old already. Typical consumer-grade networking hardware have a useful life of about 3-5 years and maybe why the original owner sold it.

     

    However, assuming that it is functioning properly, I would suggest that you start by performing a "factory default" reset on the base station to see if this helps. If not, you may have a defective unit. Sorry!