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Netgear Nighthawk XR500 GAMING ROUTER Ethernet Speeds
So I have Fiber going to a jack that my router is plugged into. I noticed that when I am plugged directly into the Jack itself I am getting my gig speeds, but whenever I am plugged into the Router wi...
How do you have QoS set? Test with QOS disabled first using a good quality LAN cable in between the Fiber Jack and the router and router and PC. CAT6 is recommende.
Could you please try a different ethernet cable from the XR500 to the fibre jack? It sounds initially like you may be using something lower than Cat 5e, which would limit you to 100mbs throughput.
I am using all Cat5 i didn't think about swapping out coords at the router to the jack. I will try and do that tonight whenever i get off of work and post back with the results. thanks for the recommendation