I received my RAX200 3 days ago. When setting it up i updated the firmware to the latest version and didnt make much changes at all besides renaming the wifi bands. I have a 1gb connection, and the router i was replacing was an R8500. The two wired desktops i have used to get aroun 800-900 mbps down on the R8500. Ever since i setup the RAX200, the max speed on these desktops i get is around 400-500mbps. Like some said on a different discussion, there is a speedtest that can be ran in the qos section of the rax200 config and running that, it shows me 950mbps, but speed tests and my ISP's (RCN) speed tests all give me around 400mbps. I was hoping this was just a defective router, so i have a replacement coming in tomorrow from Amazon. What worries me is my friend bought a RAX200 today and is have the same exact issue as me. If i plug in my R8500 i get my high 800+ speeds. I still havent found a solution for this yet and now im wondering what did i pay $600 for.

unfortunately none of these suggestions made any difference. what did solve my issue is amazon replacing this router and the new router works good and im getting 950mbps down now.

I've got the same issue with my RAX200. A couple things you can try.manually set your qos speed for 1 gig download and ****upload (whatever your upload speed is).disable qos. Or enable it.Enable ivp6.Reset the device after a firmware update. I've had better success installing, resetting, and then playing with my settings. I've had to go back a firmware generation to get it working full speed.

I tried everything your suggested 3 times with each of the 3 firmwares available for this rax200. No speed difference

What I highly recommend you do is open a support case with netgear. You're not the only one having this issue and the more people that register support cases, the more resources are devoted to finding an answer. You gett 90 days of free support. To use it:to to mynetgear at the top. Register an account and then register your device. From there you can open a support case. Again, I'd highly recommend it.

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Marat2k6
Tutor
Oct 08, 2019
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- plemans
  Guru
  Oct 08, 2019
  I've got the same issue with my RAX200. A couple things you can try.
  manually set your qos speed for 1 gig download and ****upload (whatever your upload speed is).
  disable qos. Or enable it.
  Enable ivp6.
  Reset the device after a firmware update. I've had better success installing, resetting, and then playing with my settings. I've had to go back a firmware generation to get it working full speed.
  - Marat2k6
    Tutor
    Oct 08, 2019
    I tried everything your suggested 3 times with each of the 3 firmwares available for this rax200. No speed difference
YoungSpicket
Star
Oct 15, 2019
I raised this similar issue. It seems to be a hard cap thats put in place on random restarts of the router via changes in unrelated settings. I encountered the issue when i chose WAN aggregation, despite QOS not being a factor. I did note that WAN Aggregation disables QOS. Don't know if there is some firmware issue with it placing a hard cap of 500mbps on all connections that is being automatically set by the firmware without user intervention.

I have a gigabit connection as well and note that this speed cap is in play on all connections, internal and external. Speed is also capped when downloading at say 60MBps despite having much more bandwidth available. This does NOT happen on the RAX120 -- which is a Qualcomm chipset and not this seemingly problematic Broadcom one that is also int he RAX80. This is a severe issue for a costly router.

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