RAX200 Guest WiFi network slower than standard WiFi network

Question

I have an RAX200 (Firmware Version: V1.0.10.140_1.0.79). I have 1Gbps service at the house. Unfortunately, I am getting completely different connections speeds between my Standard and Guest networks.

My Guest WiFi network is consistently about 10-20 times slower than my Standard WiFi network. Running Speedtest across multiple devices when connected to my Guest Network, I get WiFi download speeds on the order of 40-70Mbps and upload speeds around 20Mbps. When connected to my Standard WiFi network on the exact same devices (phones, PCs, iPads, Macs), I get download speeds of 500-700Mbps and uploads of 40-50Mbps.

I do not have QoS turned on (Netgear website says not needed for 300Mbps or faster speeds).

I have most of my devices on the Guest network (most are IoT devices that are not sending much data). Is there a setting somewhere that limits the bandwidth on the Guest network? Does the RAX200 do a fixed allocation speed cap based on number of devices connected (ex 900Mbps max divided by 30 devices = 30 Mbps max speed per device)? Something else I am not thinking of?

Thanks in advance for the help.

FURRYe38 · Answer

Guest Network was meant for temporary or limited time use as this network was meant for transient devices that only connected for a limited period of time. I doubt that the performance was designed into the GN for same performances on the main wifi network since GN users were only needing some connections to the internet to get the data they needed with minimal performances necessary for those users. I would not presume that GN would have same performance operation that the main wifi network has.&nbsp;

penguinair · Answer

Thank you.&nbsp; I always thought that for security reasons, you did not want to use the main network, but rather the guest network.&nbsp; I guess I will start switching my 20 or so devices on Guest network back to the main network.&nbsp;

FURRYe38 · Answer

The main network is most secure.

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