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TmacTradingLtd's avatar
TmacTradingLtd
Apprentice
Apr 16, 2023

Nighthawk M5 (MR5200) Uplink speed starts Fast then drops to 2Mbps

I am getting frustrated now, because I have now taken out an EE contract to use since I have 5G in my area with them and not with three...

I have noticed that yes the device starts fine 60-108Mbps down and 4-10Mbps Up

But! and a big But! After a short period of time the Uplink Drops to 2 Mbps and when that limit is reached, The device becomes bottlenecked!

Please fix!  I have an Unlimited data plan on 3 and EE and both have no caps on speed on their unlimited plans!

11 Replies

  • Since posting My speed has dropped from 10Mbps Uplink to 0.5-2Mbps, and because I'm trying to Backup (using Uplink), the downlink speed is suffering

     

    • TmacTradingLtd's avatar
      TmacTradingLtd
      Apprentice

      I suspect what is happening is the Cell(s) the router is connected to are getting saturated and the router is not actively checking the surrounding cells to see if there is more bandwidth available and therefor not switching. Instead what I have to do is either turn the data off and on, or reboot the router.  This is unacceptable.

      • JohnPeng's avatar
        JohnPeng
        NETGEAR Expert

        Could you please help to capture a model.json file and send PM to me?

         

        - Logon to the webui (http://192.168.1.1 ) as an administrator
        - Navigate to URL http://192.168.1.1/model.json via the same browser window
        - Capture the results (by selecting all + copy) and send it back

         

        Thanks

        John