I have 1.2Gbs service through Xfinity. Coming off back of modem (Netgear cm2000), I get around 950Mbs download. When I run that to the Multi-Gig port of the RAXE500 router, I can only get around 450Mbs download. I really need to get as much speed as I paying for on my wired network. All cables are CAT 6, less than 50ft. I can't seem to get the LAN throughput to give me full speed. The router is configured to use the Multi-Gig port as the WAN port. It has the latest firmware on it. I do not believe I have any of the bloat-ware activated on the router. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

so should I connect from my modem to the internet port, then connect the mult-gig port to my computer? Or should the modem come into my Mult-gig port? I'm just looking to be able to obtain close to gigabit speed for my hardwired computers

I'll definitely try another server. How do I go about making sure the traffic and qos is disabled. I did not set up the router through the Netgear app (It would recognize that the router was connected to the internet, even though it was). I ended up setting it up through the Netgear genie on routerlogin.net . Is there a way to make sure these items are disabled through the routerlogin.net page? Sorry for all the questions, just want to make sure I get this right.

I did do a factory reset last night, after the latest (according to the router) firmware was installed.Current Firmware is: V1.0.9.78_2.1.46.1

I did try some different servers, with various results. I also checked the settings on my network adapter. It seems like there were a lot of "power saving" settings turned on, so I turned those off. That seemed to help get the speed up faster. Running a speed test off Xfinity's website shows around 920 Mbs down and 42 Mbs up. My network adapter also says that it is connected at 1Gbs. So I guess we will see how it goes. Performance seems to be better as of now.

How are you testing the speeds? Reason I ask is the RAXE500 has the multigig port and if you're using that from the cm2000, then you'd only have gigabit ports to test with. Also, the built in speedtest isn't always the most accurate as it sometimes chooses a poor server. what firmware version are you on?

Netgear RAXE500 cutting speed in half on LAN ports

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plemans
Guru
Apr 25, 2022
How are you testing the speeds?

Reason I ask is the RAXE500 has the multigig port and if you're using that from the cm2000, then you'd only have gigabit ports to test with.

Also, the built in speedtest isn't always the most accurate as it sometimes chooses a poor server.

what firmware version are you on?
- Tedo2107
  Guide
  Apr 25, 2022
  I use speedtest.net
  The reason I chose the Mult-Gig port was it was my understanding that the internet port is limited to 1gbs anyways. Am I incorrect ? Would hooking the modem up to the internet port (changing the settings in the router as well) allow full throughput on the multi-gig port?
  
  I know ports 1-4 are only gigabit, but I would think I should be able to do better than 450Mbs off of them?
  
  The router doesn't have very clear instructions, so it could possibly be a mistake on my part. I will get the firmware version when I get home.
  - plemans
    Guru
    Apr 25, 2022
    You should be able to hit gigabit speeds of the 2.5gig port.
    
    I've done the same cm2000-->RAXE500 and didn't have an issue hitting gigabit +
    
    Try several servers on the speedtest. net site. its not as common as it used to be but once in a while you'd hit a bad test server.

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Netgear RAXE500 cutting speed in half on LAN ports