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luga13
Jan 31, 2024Guide
Nighthawk MR60 dropping internet speed
my Night Hawk MR60 with two satellites was behaving properly giving me as expected internet speeds, however not sure when it happened but definitely between October 2023 and January 2024, the maximum...
plemans
Jan 31, 2024Guru - Experienced User
You might log into the router and find out if its connecting at gigabit speeds or only 10/100mbps speeds.
https://kb.netgear.com/24222/How-do-I-display-Internet-port-statistics-on-my-Nighthawk-router
A sketchy cable can cause that. Or bad port/dirty port.
- luga13Jan 31, 2024Guide
thanks, i read it through but what i am supposed to be looking at, this is how it looks
System Up Time 13 days 19:37:29
Port Status TxPkts RxPkts Collisions Tx B/s Rx B/s Up Time WAN 100M/Full 15964317 83114279 0 59325 241421 2 days 09:57:49 LAN1 100M/Full 2741630 356452 0 460 93 13 days 19:34:16 2.4G WLAN b/g/n/ax 600M 3982852 1745548 0 923 715 13 days 19:37:29 5G WLAN a/n/ac/ax 1200M 30977805 14331047 0 72744 2690 13 days 19:37:29 WLAN Backhaul 1200M 2318320 14 0 327 0 13 days 19:37:29 - plemansJan 31, 2024Guru - Experienced User
so its only connecting at 100mbps speeds.
Try replacing the cable between the modem and the router. Make sure to use a good quality cat 5e or cat 6 cable.
Whats connected the lan port as its only connect at 100mbps speeds too.
- luga13Jan 31, 2024Guide
thank you, I have replaced the cable for a brand new one provided with the new Modem...I ran the stats and still shows the 100..is there another way to change the settings?