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mnarlock
Aspirant
Nov 27, 2019

RAX80 Wired Connection Speeds

I apologize if this is in the wrong board. I have a brand new RAX80 and am connected to an XFi modem in bridge mode. If I run speedtest from the Nighthawk GUI (advanced>Setup>QoS Setup>Take a Speedte...
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GabboCH
Apprentice
Nov 27, 2019
There's the same issue reported for the RAX120 where the lan speed drops by about half.
There were some suggestions that turning off QoS fixed the problem but this didn't seem to be a solution for all.

Just another issue in the long list for the RAX devices....
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    Cookmaster301
    Aspirant
    Nov 28, 2019
    Yeah I just put this router in and I get 450 hardwired and 70-90 wireless even on 5G

    On 2.4 it’s only like 25

    This thing is a turd so far
    • mnarlock's avatar
      mnarlock
      Aspirant
      Nov 28, 2019

      I did find that turning on/off QoS really did help. My speeds are as expected now.

      • Cookmaster301's avatar
        Cookmaster301
        Aspirant
        Nov 30, 2019
        I tried that also and didn’t affect it at all. Maybe this thing just sucks. Guess I will put my ole trusty luxul back in