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Rax80 Wired ethernet connection slower than wifi speed
Changed to a new Nighthawk AX8 and getting only 10Mbs download from the ethernet connected computer while all wifi connected devices are getting 178Mbs download. I've tried rebooting everything sever...
Hi nullie,
What devices are you using to test your speeds? Were you able to run a speed test directly to the modem?
~Christian
I have been using a windows 10 desktop pc and a macbook pro 15" (2018) for wired speedtesting and an iphone x and samsung galaxy s10 for wifi speeds. but again - and I can't stress this enough - before I rebooted the device the speeds were great. I had the RAX80 for about 2 weeks and everything worked fine with superior speeds; after rebooting the device once it seems like a speed cap at 500Mbs kicks in affecting only the switching ports.
Connecting a cable from my desktop pc to the modem directly gives me network speeds around 920-930Mbs, just like when I'm doing a network speedtest in the router's webfrontend itself.
I had same issue and was able to fix it by factory reset. The issue came back after update to new firmware. I did not want to reset so I toggled QoS on and off. I left QoS off and I am getting 940Mbs on wired and up to 840Mbs on WiFi on my laptop. The issue has not returned for over three weeks now.
I had the same issue after the new 56 firmare, thanks to xjn tips, I switch on and off the Qos setting, now back to 940mbps. and the MIMO setting for wireless doesn't work, once switch on , the wireless will just drop off all connected devices.
business trip... sorry for answering late.
that actually solved my problem! speed is back to normal. thank you xjn!
Hi nullie,
We're glad to hear! We recommend marking xjn's comment as a solution as it may help others who may experience the same issue.
Hope you had a good business trip!
~Christian
Hi nullie - Thanks for the update. Have you tried performing a factory reset to see if it resolves your issue as stated by xjn.
~Christian