Hi guys,

Need some advice. I've been on Time for the past 2 years. It was 8Mbps when I first signed up with the 24 month contract. Then upgraded automatically to 10Mbps and recently got the email of another upgrade to 100Mbps. Naturally I was quite excited when I saw that email from Time.

But my joy was short lived. My modem and router is in the hall right next to my living room, literally 2 feet away from my sofa without any walls etc. blocking or interfering with the signal.

When I am on Wifi and I run Speedtest, the result is around 30 - 40Mbps for download and upload speed respectively. However, when I plug in my LAN cable, it can hit up to 80++ Mbps for upload and download.

Modem: Huawei HG8240
Router: Linksys E1200

Both were given to me 2 years ago when I signed up wit Time.

Any advice? Suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

Hmm but the Linksys E1200 is a Wireless N Router capable of up to 300Mbps. At least that's what it claims on the box and in Linksys website.

so what's the best router in the market now that could easily hit 100Mbps?
suggestions are welcome

My router placement in my condo is just 1 feet away from where my sofa is so pretty sure that's the sweetest spot in the house Tried fidgeting with the channels, upgraded to the latest firmware available, reset and reconfigured the router but the results are the same. On the current Time 100Mbps line, I am only able to achieve around 40+Mbps on wifi but can hit 80-90+ Mbps on LAN. Since the fibre was pulled all the way to my modem and not the last-mile-copper types, that rules out any cabling issues considering my speed on LAN is very much acceptable.

Of course I tried my luck emailing Time Support and complained about the Linksys E1200 router they gave me 2 years ago. Here's their response:

"Please be inform that the given Cisco Linksys E1200 router is run on 2.4Ghz radio frequency band which can support up to 40Mbps on WiFi. We regret to inform that we do not offer any router replacement. You may purchase the dual band router on your own or purchase the router from TIME through our selfcare portal."

So all things considered, does this mean I really need to get a new router to hit the promised land of 100Mbps and stop flogging the old E1200?

Checked the official link here: http://www.linksys.com/my/p/P-E1200/

Still find it hard to accept the E1200 can only support up to 40Mbps on WiFi.

Hey guys,

I'm gonna replace the E1200 with this: https://www.asus.com/Networking/RTAC68U/specifications/
The AC68U has rave reviews from what I read. Anyone got hands-on real life experience with it?

Right now I have 2 laptops at home, both have WLAN a/b/g/n
One more new laptop coming soon, with dual band WLAN ac.
Both mobile phones already have WLAN a/b/g/n/ac.

This morning slept at 4am for one final round of tweaking on the E1200.
On LAN, hitting 80+ to 90 Mbps no problem on the E1200. Very acceptable since ISP gives me 100Mpbs.
On WLAN, 30+ to 40+ Mbps only. Unacceptable. So I will welcome AC68U real soon.

Thanks for the advice bro. Apparently it is a bit of a challenge to source for AC66U. Went to a few shops but they only have AC68U. I believe 100Mbps is just the start, I guess I'll go for AC68U with an eye for future upgrade.



I've tweaked my receiver settings.

You can easily check all the radio types that is turned on on your laptop/desktop:

Load the 'cmd' shell. Then 'netsh wlan show drivers'

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