I increased my ISP speeds - when I speed test from the Router I get good results, My Cat 5e Ethernet

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I pay for a pretty decent speed from my ISP (just bumped it up).&nbsp; When I do a speed test from the Router, I get the full 20MB speed however, my laptop which is connected via Ethernet 5e cable still only gets 3-4 MB/s.&nbsp; There must be some configuration within my Nighthawk Triband R8000 on the latest firmware that let's open the throttle on wired Ethernet and let it do better.&nbsp; Help?

plemans · Answer

did you setup qos on the R8000P?&nbsp;I've heard of prior settings being retained even through a reboot.&nbsp;Have you tried a simple factory reset and re-install?

plemans · Answer

what modem are you using?&nbsp;have you tried a reset and re-install?&nbsp;

plemans · Answer

Many of those Airlink setups have their own integrated router functions. Does yours? if you can hook more than 1 device to it, it probably does.&nbsp;Potentially it could be a double nat causing issues.&nbsp;https://kb.netgear.com/30186/What-is-Double-NAT

MJoplin · Answer

Yes, I set QoS. Should I not have? I'm trying to attain fast enough signal to sustain VoIP to my remote office over VPN.

MJoplin · Answer

I have a nighthawk Tri Band Router on the latest firmwre.&nbsp; I'm hoping to not have to do a factory reset, because of all of my IoT devices - plus I work online about 10-12 hours per day.&nbsp; However, if it comes to that - that is what I will do.&nbsp; I'm actually considering putting my Ethernet from my work PC into a hub that I will connect to my ISP.&nbsp; &nbsp;Because I am so rural, I use Airlink Internet (wireless network is powered by a proprietary point to multipoint technology and leverages the available 5G spectrum for unparalleled performance and reliability). My modem test showed 20MB/s Down and 10 MB./s Up - However, My ethernet gets choked down to 3-5 MB down.&nbsp; I need VOiP to function reliably. I end up making 20+ work related calls over a softphone/VPN every day.&nbsp; Sometimes the audio is just absent from the other caller only 10% of the time, but that's enough to be problematic.

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I increased my ISP speeds - when I speed test from the Router I get good results, My Cat 5e Ethernet

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