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RAX120 Slow Wifi Speeds
Hello I am needing some help! I have the RAX120 Nighthawk router and I have having super slow wifi speeds. For the one computer that I have hard wired the speed test shows around 39-48Mbps download w...
Sigh.
I went back on what I said.
I did a factory reset on both routers, readjusted the various settings, and things went back to normal. The only difference is that I didn't turn remote management back on, so now the Nighthawk app is kind of useless (or rather, it can only work on the router it's actually connected to).
These routers are so finicky. When they work, they work spectacularly. When they don't work, it's like trying to use an anvil as a networking device.
Any updates to this? Is the issue still persistent?
The only solution I have noticed on the other topics was to disable port aggregation.
The only solution I have noticed on the other topics was to disable port aggregation.
The consensus amongst the folks in this post that own this router is to throw it in the trash and get a non-Netgear router.
Have not tried again but I have happily thrown mine away. What a waste of a very well designed piece of hardware destroyed by disgusting firmware.
- Hmm... I would not even have idea such a problem might potentially exist if I had not found this topic.
Feedbacks on, for example, BestBuy seem to have dissapointment by some people but the majority rate it very high, and also reviews does not seem to mention this issue. :(
This issue is still there and it is unbelievable Netgear has not done anything about it within the last 12 month.
When is a new firmware coming out that will fix these speed issues ?
- They got our money, that’s all that matters to them. They have no desire to correct the issue.
- Well, I’m not sure - Maybe I am just lucky for now or there are models which are not affected, however, I have been constantly testing my RAX120 over few last weeks, and it is as stable as it could get.
No issues, constant speed on my 200/200Mbps connection. Great wifi range. I cannot complain really. FW 1.2.0.16.
P.S. I have around 10 WiFi devices in total (AX, AC, and some N clients).
Had issues for like a year, finally took the time to dig in and fix it. Slow speeds caused by latency, dropping packets, etc.
It ended up not being an issue with the router itself in the sense of doing firmware upgrades, factory resetting, etc. The issue is called "Bufferbloat" and it happens when your router is faster, to be simple, than your cable modem. When you reboot everything, you're clearing the buffer, which is why it works for a bit then slows back down.
I had/have a 1gb fiber cable modem I was given by Spectrum. It's a Hitron EN2251..... Do some Google searches and see the hate.(puma 6 chipset) Essentially, my cable modem...even though it's DOCSIS 3.1...could not handle the how much data was coming from the router. Buffer fills up....router overworks and Network sloooows. Packets start dropping shortly after that.
I replaced my cable modem with a Motorola MB8611 from Best Buy to be safe but then there is a setting on the router you can adjust if you can't replace yours. I still did mine as well. Log into your router; Advanced - QoS setup. Run a Speed Test from there and look at your max uplink bandwidth. If upstream QoS is off, it should show your max uplink speed your service provides. Now put the check into "Enable Upstream QoS" then run the Speedtest again. See if that Max changes.(it should). Bufferbloat!
This limits the services on your independent devices so they don't take up more UPLOAD bandwidth than they actually need, allowing your all devices to have enough bandwidth. Essentially, your capping upload bandwidth by service to keep from filling the Cable Modems buffer up with a firehouse!
You can then prioritize your rules list, add new rules, etc for your apps. All I did was make rule #11 "On-line gaming" a Hih priority and left the rest default.(Removed a few rules I'll never use like Yahoo Messenger)
I haven't heard a scream from my son in 2 days while gaming and he is having no lag issues, fast as it's ever been, etc. vs multiple day reboots of everything!
Let me know if you need any further info as I know this has been frustrating for me.
Oh.....or you can do what some of these other people did and buy a slower router to fix your issue! 🤣🤣🤣
