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compguygo
Jan 27, 2021Aspirant
nighthawk ax6600 5g2 no good
I have a nighthawk AX6600 all my devices work fine on 5g but when I but any one on 5g2 they will hardly work slow real slow. Put back on 5g work fine. Why buy a triband router if 5g2 not work. Am I d...
compguygo
Jan 27, 2021Aspirant
i just got it saturday 1/23/21 and it has the newest firmware updated sunday i may need to return how could something this expensive not work for tri band not good
plemans
Jan 27, 2021Guru - Experienced User
What actual version are you on? It changes frequently and it can help others viewing this post or if the forum is being watched by moderators.
What modem is it connected to?
Did you try the factory reset?
What speeds do you get hardwired?
And what speeds do you get in each band?
how are you testing?
- compguygoJan 27, 2021Aspirant
spectrum
no i just set it up sat
190mps
same
speed test
firmware v1.0.2.88
it test fine for speed but when i use pc windows ten or iphone-12 or ipad air 4gen they just set there with a white page but work fine when on 5g they all will set up with either one but take 2min on 5g2 to get a page load yet tests show same on all.
- plemansJan 27, 2021Guru - Experienced User
compguygo wrote:spectrum---which model?
no i just set it up sat---try the factory reset and clean reinstall.
190mps
same
speed test
firmware v1.0.2.88
it test fine for speed but when i use pc windows ten or iphone-12 or ipad air 4gen they just set there with a white page but work fine when on 5g they all will set up with either one but take 2min on 5g2 to get a page load yet tests show same on all.----so once its loads the page it runs at full speed? It just has a delay in loading the page?
- compguygoFeb 23, 2021Aspirant
so is this router a dud and for triband just a joke i thought with tri band i could split up my stuff but useless 5g2 what could make it not work is this router defective