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Xr300 poor speeds
Hey guys
I am based in New Zealand, and have recently changed over to a fibre max plan wich i should be getting speed of up to 860 down and 501 up. but I am lucky if I am getting 150down and 70up through the nighthawk app. When I tested it wired tio my 2019 mackbook pro I only go about 60 up and 60 down...
I have it directly connected to our fibre box using it as a gateway router/ modem. What are my options for optomising my speeds? as I am paying for a service that I currently cannot benifit form with this router... I have seen other disscussions about changing the MAC address to the one on my previous ISP router but I have always used this router since joinging.
I have attached a screenshot showing my speeds
any help would be apriciated
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If you go to the XR300 interface by going to routerlogin.net in your web browser, can you run a Connection Benchmark test and see what speeds the router is reporting?
Hey Laim
I dont think I have that option in my DumaOS for the XR300 as im not on DumaOS 3.0?
when I do a speed test through the nighthawk app, it is showing 150 down 76 up, but this fluctuates quite a bit and will often drop
see below
- Can you attach a screenshot of the table view on the Device Manager please?
