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Slow Ethernet Connection between RBR 850, Mac, and Xfinity Gateway
I’m having an issue with a wired ethernet connection. Here’s the background… I have a Mac Mini M1 with a 1 Gbps ethernet port, a Netgear Orbi RBR850 router, and an Xfinity XB8 gateway with (3) 1Gbps...
MontereyFred wrote:
I’m told that the 2.5 Gbps port on the XB8 uses IPv6, and have tried both the “autoconfig” and “Use DHCP Server” settings in the IPv6/LAN Setup section on the router without joy.
Can you please check the Orbi WAN connection and verify that it is getting an IPv4 address?
This would be on the web interface Advanced Tab in the box labelled Internet Port (upper right), or on the Orbi 'app' Router Settings on the Internet Port tab (External IP Address).
My understanding is that IPv6 would be in addition to IPv4 (not "instead of").
In what way does appear that IPv6 is "without joy"? On the Orbi web interface, the Advanced Tab, Advanced Settings menu "IPv6" does not display this information:
Thanks for your reply. Yes, I show an IPv4 address and agree that it's not either v4 or v6.
I'm not quite grasping what you are asking re the IPv6 section but checking either the autoconfig or use DHCP boxes didn't make a difference in the wired connection speed...