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XR500 Slow Wired Speeds
I recently purchased a XR500 and Motorola MB86511 modem to replace my Xfinity XFI Modem/Router. I setup the XR500 and ram a speed test to which I constantly get around 400 Mbps download even though I’...
I wasnt able to test much last night but here are the tests I did run...
I connected the Desktop directly to the modem and ran speed tests on SpeedTest.net and Xfinitys Speed Test... every time the speed would shoot up to around 1200Mbps and then slowly drop to around 500-600 by the end of the test. I hooked everything back up to the XR500 and tested again and got the same results. I also ran speed tests on both mine and my wifes WiFi connected Iphone 13 Pro Max and recieved 500+ Mbps on each device. Obviously something is wrong when a wire device is getting the same speed as a WiFi device.
- If you're not getting the expected speeds when directly connected to the modem then you won't through the router either, that's something you'll need to talk to the ISP about.
How is NightHawk app picking up 900+ Mbps then? Thats what I dont understand theres so many discrepancies.
- Its likely that your speeds are fluctuating heavily and sometimes you're able to get those higher speeds
