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R-Kasten
Mar 11, 2025Aspirant
RAX20 LAN ports are capped at 100mbs
Hello, my router (info pasted below) does not reliably give me full speed on the LAN ports specifically. I have 900+mb/s to the modem, and if I plug the ethernet cable (cat6) directly into the modem...
- Mar 11, 2025
Be sure the ethernet drivers are up to date as well.
The RAX only supports up to 1Gb connection rates so you might set a manual connection rate on the adapter for 1Gb only.Please mark your thread as solved so others will know. Be sure to save off a back up configuration to file for safe keeping. Saves time if a reset is needed.
https://kb.netgear.com/24231/How-do-I-back-up-the-router-configuration-settings-on-my-Nighthawk-router
Enjoy. 📡
R-Kasten
Mar 11, 2025Aspirant
The LAN port shows a speed of 100M
I am using a CAT6 cable, and when using that same cable directly from the modem I get 500mb/s. I have fiber internet from Surf and the modem is a :
UFiber loco m/n UF-LOCO. Thanks for the quick reply.
FURRYe38
Mar 11, 2025Guru - Experienced User
What is the devices connected at LAN2?
Does this happen if you switch to other LAN ports?
Do you have another ethernet supported device to help test with to compare?