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Nighthawk RAX50 WiFi speed question
Hi guys, I am new to the forum and just installed my first RAX50 router. I replaced the standard Spectrum router / AP in an attempt to improve my coverage and get better speeds on wifi. I have ...
Pgeorge33 wrote:
1. When I run the speedtest on the router using the App, I consistently get >300 Mbs download and about 12 Mbs upload. However, my devices on Wifi are reporting significantly less speeds.
When you run a speedtest on the Nighthawk App, if that is what up refer to, you are telling the router to test the speed that it detects over the wired connection to the Internet. It should be the speed that you pat for, and is about the same as you will get if you ran a speedtest on a device that has a wired connection to the router.
If you used your mobile to run something like the Speedtest app, it will measure the wifi speeds, and that depends on the wifi clients involved.