Nighhawk AX6 AX5400 Slower than ATT provided WiFi

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joejoe4 wrote:

A couple of days ago I puchased a Nighthawk AX6 6-Stream AX5400 WiFi router to improve my wifi over the AT&T provieded Aris BGW210-700 modem router combo.

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What is the AX5400 ? It is not a Netgear model number.

If it is a Netgear router then you have put one router after another.

Two routers on your network can cause headaches. For example, you can end up with local address problems. Among other things, the other router can misdirect addresses that the Netgear router usually handles, such as routerlogin.net or the usual IP address for a router, 192.168.1.1.

This explains some of the other drawbacks.

What is Double NAT? | Answer | NETGEAR Support

Unless you have specific reasons for using two routers – to create two separate networks for example – it is often easier to use just one router and then to set up the second router as a wifi access point. Netgear advises this, as does just about every site you will visit.

It may be possible to put the modem/router into modem only (bridge) mode and then to use the second device as the router. There may be ways to get the modem/router to cooperate. Sometimes it is easier to put the second router into AP mode. But that has its own drawbacks:

Disabled Features on the Router when set to AP Mode | Answer | NETGEAR Support

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joejoe4 wrote:

I could use some suggestions, because I would like to be able to achive 1gb via wifi otherwise I am just going to return this router.       

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That is not going to happen.

Wifi is never as fast as wired and depends on the capabilities of your unnamed wifi clients.