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Alexjccim
Apprentice
Jun 03, 2020
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RAX120 - poor WiFi speeds

Hello There,   I purchased my RAX120 on April 22.  I replaced a R8500.  The Wifi speeds are horrible.  Can anyone suggest some diagnostics test or suggestions to trouble shoot this issue.  My entir...
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    Killhippie
    Jun 03, 2020
    Do a factory reset after updating, and did you turn on Bitdefender Armor? I and many others here get great speeds so it could be that the reset will help (its advised on big updates really) and failing that it may be settings or at worst hardware.
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Tofu-Golem
Apprentice
Jun 27, 2020

Another thing to try if you get poor WiFi speeds with Nighthawk routers is to toggle QoS off and on, or on and off, hitting "apply" each time. No idea why that works, but sometimes it works for me.