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auger
Apr 30, 2022Initiate
WAX20x Throughput Fix - Use the LAN ports for Ethernet
New here, did a quick search, didn't find the specific issue I had. Recently purchased a WAX206 home router to take advantage of WiFi6 in some new gear. After setting it up as an AP I ran some spe...
- Apr 30, 2022
You shouldn't need it in the lan port. It should be in the wan port. You can check your port statistics. Maybe its only linking at 10/100mbps and not gigabit.
Did you try swapping in a different cable? Try a good quality cat 6 cable
plemans
Apr 30, 2022Guru - Experienced User
You shouldn't need it in the lan port. It should be in the wan port. You can check your port statistics. Maybe its only linking at 10/100mbps and not gigabit.
Did you try swapping in a different cable? Try a good quality cat 6 cable
auger
May 02, 2022Initiate
Only thing changed was moving the uplink cable from the WAN port to a LAN port.
But, just to verify, I put the uplink cable back in the WAN port and ran another speed test. Faaast speeds still. The WAN port must have negotiated a lower link speed and got stuck there.
Thanks for the input!
- plemansMay 02, 2022Guru - Experienced User
maybe it wasn't quite pushed in all the way.
If its working fine now, you can mark it solved so others aren't trying to fix it
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