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Nighthawk XR1000 SLOW....SLOW...SLOW...!!!!!!!
Hello World, I decided upgrade my old router, so i thought with the new Nighthawk XR1000. My old router is a Netgear Nighthawk X4S. Believe it or not, this new router is performing much slower th...
Not at the moment. I use mostly default setting on my XR. Manual channel 1 and 40. This depends on any wifi neighbors you may have around you. 1,6, and 11 are primary channels to manually use on 2.4Ghz. 36 thru 48 and 149 to 161 on 5Ghz.
I have Smart Connect enabled. I believe MIMO is as well. Been running well since I put the XR online: 10/5
I also keep a laptop fan cooler under the router as well. Keeps it cool.
Which settings should i be using? I'm tempted to just put the router in AP mode.
I purchased this router because the reviews all said this router could get the job done. I'm just guessing my configuration is somehow wrong.
I have a ATT Uverse routers. I'm using brand new CAT 6 cables.
I have not modified the advanced wireless settings as of yet.
You can find the clearest Wi-Fi channels in your area by simply downloading a Wi-Fi anaylser. There's a good one on the Microsoft store simply called 'Wi-Fi Analyser'.
You can try putting the XR into AP mode and re-test the speeds. Though doing this you will lose out on all the features of DumaOS, which isn't ideal.
Can you connect a device to the XR via ethernet and test the speeds there? Alternatively, can you run a Connection Benchmark by going to routerlogin.net in your browser, then to Connection Benchmark. What speeds do you see there?
Hello,
I'm getting almost 950mb down and up when running the connection benchmark speedtest.
When I am hard wired to an Ethernet port on the router i'm only getting about 600mb up and 450 - 500 mb down.