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I have an raxe300 connected to a cm3000
I have an raxe300 connected to a cm3000, and it says the internet speed is 470 mbps, when the computer is connected direct to the cm3000 it says the internet speed is 1149mbps. If I try to manually s...
So now you see the dilemma I am in. It's a one or the other, there is no third option of neither. Also, the manual setting allows it to run faster than using it's own speedtest setting. I have tried to elucidate this to Netgear technical and supervisory personnel, but they don't seem to comprehend the data I am presenting.
There is no other page to do the speed test, or program the speed, and WHY it's on the QOS page when it has nothing to do WITH QOS, I have no idea. It in fact has the effect ot throwing everyone off, and they assume it has something to do with QOS, when it doesn't, it affects throughput through the router.
I'd agree that its an issue. I brought it up during a test years ago and was shrugged off as it was something I was doing and it must have been on my end. It made me realize that not all the testing is for a good purpose and that it depends on who you're working with.
Well. I have been using Netgear products for a VERY long time. I think I still have an old 814 somewhere, but at this rate since this is obviously a software limitation that they know about and haven't fixed, I may have to investigate other routers. Quite possibly the ASUS, since they are committed to gaming which means high speed products. Any thoughts?
I cheated. They (netgear) make great hardware (tends to always rank fairly high in performance testing). They just tend to be a bit behind on firmware/software.
So I built my own router running opnsense and just use the netgear in AP mode.
It rocks. Much better performance, has dns blocking, and a ton of other options I've been learning.
Was pretty cheap. I used a minipc with dual 2.5g nic's. I wish i'd have invested a touch more and went 10g but my internet is only 2gig so it works.
And it normally draws 6W of power.
Wifi is super fast, I have faster dns resolution, and it rocks. I actually have 2 homes wired to it (through a 10g switch) and have zero issues supporting 200+ devices. I'm running each home on a vlan with traffic shaping.
I know prices have went up but I picked mine up fro $150 from a jungle site with an intel N150 and 12gb of ram.
If I was to do it again, I'd find a couple of generations older office pc (small form factor), have 10g cards in it, and then run something like proxmox/opnsense.
Next time. Or I'll end up going a full server option to combine some of my home serve stuff into one device.
It sounds complicated but it isn't if you're just doing a baremetal opnsense box. There's a ton of guides on setup/use. And I've even used AI for help when I ran into issues with the vlans.