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I just purchased an Archer T6E to take advantage of the 5GHz band on my new router, the Verizon FiOS-G1100. My operating system is Windows 10.
The trouble is that the speed I am getting on the 5GHz band is extremely slow, often between 1 and 5 Mbps on speedtest.net. The signal seems to be a little weak, but my phone, which also has 5GHz capabilities can get almost 60 Mbps on the same speed test, even if I hold it directly next to the antennas for this card. I cannot imagine that my phone has a better WiFi antenna than this card, and even if it did, I cannot imagine it is that much better.
I have already tried rebooting the computer and reinstalling the driver, but neither of these things helped at all.
Is there anything I can do to troubleshoot or fix this issue?
@Ramhound the correct unit for all those is Mbps. I have edited to correct the capitalization. My internet connection is advertised as being 50 up and 50 down, but it is not uncommon for it to go faster. Can you recommend a tool to profile the networks? I am afraid I don't have much networking experience. – pquest – 2016-07-20T00:35:33.303
Did you get reasonable speeds with your old adapter? – Burgi – 2016-07-28T17:37:08.763
@Burgi I mean they werent terrible... around 20 Mbps. The 2.4GHz band on the new adapter has actually been performing really well though, so I have more or less given up on the other band – pquest – 2016-07-28T22:28:33.970