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ooglykraken
Jul 27, 2021Follower
Nighthawk C7000 v2 slow wifi speed
I recently replaced my comcast rented modem/router with the Nighthawk C7000 v2 AC1900. We get 400Mb down the line from comcast. Previoiusly able to get ~370 over wifi and over 400 with ethernet. The ...
olympos1625
Sep 03, 2021NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hi ooglykraken,
Good day!
Welcome to NETGEAR Community!
Thank you for reaching out. We are sorry for not being able to get back to you immediately on this one due to the backlogs in the system. Are you still having the issue? Are you getting consistently 400 Mbps internet speed when wired to the Netgear Cable gateway? Are all of your wireless devices getting the same internet speed( 200Mbps on 5 GHz)?
Please do not hesitate to let me know if you need further assistance.
Regards,
Oliver
Community Team
- Gary_VZNov 11, 2021Aspirant
Same issue here. I have Sparklight and am supposed to get 600 down / 300 up. On a wired connection I am only getting ~150-175. Sparklight has done remote diagnostics and says everything looks fine on their end. I have restarted the modem. They suggested talking to Netgear support but of course the normal warranty/support has expired so I am trying here. Really bothers me that I am paying for 600 and getting 150! They are coming out tomorrow but I suspect this is going to be a modem/router issue. Firmware is current according to the app. Any suggestions? I have never gotten great speeds but I didn't think they were this bad and testing on two computers shows that wifi speed is about the same and they should obviously be slower than wired. Help?!?
- FURRYe38Nov 11, 2021Guru - Experienced User
What devices are you speed testing with? Wired or wireless? Wired is preferred for speed testing.
Wireless, you not see much over 300-400Mpbs on 5ghz AC however that depends on wifi devices design and support as well.
Be sure you are connecting to 5Ghz radio for wireless speed testing.
Please post a copy and paste of the modems connection status page.
Have the ISP check the signal and line quality UP to the modem. Be sure the ISP provisions the modem correctly.
Be sure there are no coax cable line splitters in the between the modem and ISP service box.
Be sure your using good quality RG6 coax cable up to the modem.
Be sure to power OFF the modem for 1 minute then back ON.
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Cable-Modems-Routers/General-info-and-Troubleshooting-for-Cable-Modems/m-p/1530376#M12853- Gary_VZNov 11, 2021Aspirant
As mentioned above it is a wired (hardwired) connection. It's into my laptop.
The ISP, as indicated as tried to diagnose from their end and says everything looks ok (he mentioned channel bonding several times). What else they tried I have no idea. I will try turning it off and on again - they did not have me do that although they rebooted it twice from their end. While my stated issue is hardwired speeds, I do connect with wifi normally and the speeds are about the same as the harwired results. If my plan is 600Mbps they said I should be getting very close to that hardwired and I am getting 25% of that.