First, I want to thank anyone in advance who can help. I'm really looking forward to getting this figured out.
I recently upgraded from a 50/35 plan to a 75/35 Quantum plan. At the time of the upgrade, I had the old, big and black ActionTec router. The Verizon tech I spoke with through a chat said that that router won't support the new plan's speeds, and that I should upgrade to the MI424WR GigE http://www.actiontec.com/products/product.php?pid=214#.UhPUWpLrxyW . It just came in the other day, and I hooked it up. I tested wired speeds with SpeedTest.net, and I hit roughly 83/38, but the ping was real high (about 50ms). At this point I wasn't worried about the ping, just glad the new speed was working. But I tested wireless speeds, and they were slower than with the old router. The desktop I was testing on is on the same floor as the router, 2 rooms away, both in the same locations as with the old router and same computer that I'm testing on (has a Netgear N900 wireless adapter rated at 450Mbps).
How am I getting slower wireless speeds with this much newer/better router? The tech said all I would have to do is unplug the old router, plug the new one in, and that's it. So I did. Swapped the old one out, plugged the new one into the Ethernet cable coming from the ONT in the basement. All my devices can connect to the new network fine. It's just that this desktop and my laptop are getting wireless speeds of around 30/20 when on the old router and plan they'd get 32/25. Why are the faster plan and new router slowing my wireless speeds?
I've been reading a few things here and there about troubleshooting this type of thing, and one thing I read was about releasing the DHCP when switching routers. I didn't do this because the tech never told me to, but would not doing this slow down my speed?