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Mystery123
Apr 30, 2023Aspirant
C7000v2 internet speed dropped after reconnecting ethernet cable, wifi is still fast.
So I had to move the location of the mode/router and afterwards, direct connection speed is very slow. I was getting 200mbps before and now it caps at around 93mbps. I tried different cables, the s...
FURRYe38
May 01, 2023Guru - Experienced User
Mystery123 wrote:
So I had to move the location of the mode/router and afterwards, direct connection speed is very slow.
I was getting 200mbps before and now it caps at around 93mbps.
I tried different cables, the same cable that showed 200mbps before but all are now around 90 - 93 mbps range.
I also tried a different computer hard wired and that also shows around 90 mbps but same computer with wifi adapter shows 200 mbps.
What happened by just unplugging the wires?
Be sure your ethernet adapter is supporting of 1000Mbps and not 100Mbps.
Update the ethernet adapter drivers.
Try a different ethernet adapter.
Be sure your using a good quality LAN cable between the modem and PC. CAT6 is recommended.
So weird.
Edit: BTW one thing that's different now is the light by the ethernet cable. <What Ethernet cable? Where do you see this?
Before, it had green but now it's orange / amber with the same cable, same or any port and same computer.
- plemansMay 01, 2023Guru - Experienced User
Did you check to see if its connecting at gigabit speeds?
https://kb.netgear.com/24222/How-do-I-display-Internet-port-statistics-on-my-Nighthawk-router
A sketchy cable/port can cause slow downs.
- Mystery123May 01, 2023Aspirant
It fixed it by itself.
The light I was mentioning was on the back of the router.
It has two lights on each port on the back.When it's green, connection is fast. Amber light, connection is slow.