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maxuuell
Aspirant
Mar 26, 2020

Night Hawk AX6000 8 Stream 2.4 Ghz wifi really slow

Signed up for Xfinity with 600 down, and bought a SB8200 with the Nighthawk, and am experiencing very slow wifi speeds.   I already tested the internet speed from the modem, and from an ethernet co...
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Christian_R
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Mar 27, 2020

Hello maxuuell, 

 

Welcome to the community! May you try enabling/disabling smart connect and AX to see if there any improvements. If you recently purchased the device, you may also open a support ticket as your device is provided with 90 days of complimentary support. 

 

https://kb.netgear.com/000060585/How-do-I-create-a-NETGEAR-Support-Case

 

Christian 

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    maxuuell
    Aspirant
    Mar 27, 2020

    Thank you Christian_R I had smart connect disabled, and disabling AX didn't help.  Based on avtella's response, looks to be related to my own clients and expectations for 2.4 Ghz.