Netgear router as access point has marginal bandwidth

fullboogie · 2021-07-29T22:35:30+00:00

I've got AT&T fiber to my house which gives me approximately 500mb up/down when checked through a wireless connection on my laptop or phone. The gateway's wifi has been turned off, and I have a decent little Netgear router behind it handling my wireless (R7800). From that R7800, I have one Cat6 running upstairs to a 4 port Netgear switch. Front that switch, one port runs to my Hikvision NVR, two run to Hik cameras near my detached garage, and one runs to another R7800 Netgear router in AP mode in my garage. When doing wifi speed tests on my garage router the best I can get is about 60mb up/down, which I don't understand. If everything is hardwired with good Cat6 cable, shouldn't my garage router give me speeds somewhat comparable to the router in my home? Is there anything I can look for that may be causing such an issue? Many thanks for any help you can provide. I am an eager hobbyist who setup a Hikvision I-series NVR and 8 cameras, and have setup all my routers over the years. But certainly not a pro if that matters.