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Nighthawk mesh slow speed
I have installed a new nighthawk WiFi 6 mesh router with 1 satellite. I am getting great speed on speed test from the fiber, but the WiFi speeds SUCK. when I look at the network map, everything seems ...
What channels are you using? Auto? Try Auto and 48 on 5Ghz. Or try setting manual channel 1, 6 or 11 on 2.4Ghz and 40 to 48 channel on 5Ghz.
Any Wifi Neighbors near by? If so, how many?
Try enabling Beamforming if seen on the MR, and MIMO(MIMO may or may not be needed) and WMM. Set 20/40Mhz Coexistence to 40Mhz only. Under Advanced Tab/Advanced Settings/Wireless Settings
If you read my previous posts, there appears to be an issue with the underlying network stack on these MS60 devices, which Netgear support / engineering refuse to recognize.
How I was able to get past the ~70 Mbps cap with wired backhaul was to force WiFi backhaul, and then revert back to wired backhaul.
On my MS60, it wasn't as simple as just unplugging the network cable from the MS60 and rebooting (pulling the power cable).
Had to perform multiple factory resets, and 30:30:30 resets (using a paperclip, press the reset button and hold it for 30 secs, while still pressing the reset button with the paperclip, remove the power for 30 secs, while still holding the reset button with the paperclip plug the power back in and wait for 30 secs, then release paperclip) on the MR60 AND MS60 to get them to connect via WiFi backhaul.
Once the MS60 connected to the MR60 via WiFi backhaul .. like magic .. there was no longer a ~70 Mbps cap for devices connected to the MS60.
I then rebooted my switch - just to be safe - plugged in the network cable to the MS60 .. verified the connection to the MR60 via wired backhaul was 1000 Mbps .. and problem solved i.e. devices connected to the MS60 via WiFi are connecting at 1Gbps speeds now without issue.