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mbaresch00
Jan 08, 2022Follower
Nighthawk XR500 - Unable to Achieve Near 1Gbps Ethernet with Gigabit Service
Recently I upgrade my FiOS service from 200Mbps to 1Gbps service. Upon doing so, I was unable to achieve more than ~450Mbps upload speeds with my XR500 (Using the built-in connection test on the rout...
Netduma-Liam
Jan 11, 2022NetDuma Partner
Thanks for the provided informaiton, that's really helpful.
I know you've mentioned the XR is at factory settings, but as above if you haven't factory reset it since upgrading the service you should definitely try that.
If the problem persists afterwards, could you please let us know how you are measuring the speeds? Using the built in Connection Benchmark or using a third-party speed-test?
Is Connection Benchmark also reporting lower speeds, or does it report the correct speeds?