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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 ...
I'm happy to report that I have finally got things working as they should have been all along. I haven't tested the wired connection, and probably won't at this point, but I was trying to retrace my steps to avoid having to wipe the system and start with a fresh install of Windows 10. I had forgotten about one change that I had tried early on in this troubleshooting - something that was suggested on several sites if you google "slow internet windows 10" or similar. That is, disabling windows auto-tuning. I had forgotten about that, and so today I set it back to normal and just like that the 150-160 Mbps download wall was gone - I'm getting 600+ Mbps downloads using the A7000.
I think I fell into the trap of installing things too quickly from the vendors of my PC components, without being suspicious enough about what these "tools" would be doing. I honestly did not determine exactly which program was causing my horrible initial experience of sub-20 Mbps speeds. That lead me down the road of trying any and all suggestions I found that claimed to be solutions to windows 10 internet speeds, and not keeping good track of what changes I had made.
I'm not really sure why so many people feel disabled the auto-tuning function will increase speeds - i literally found 10's of pages that all said to do this, and they all seemed sure it would only help, not hurt your performance. Clearly that isn't always the case.
Glad you got it working. Be sure to save off a back up configuration to file for safe keeping. Saves time if a reset is needed.
https://kb.netgear.com/24231/How-do-I-back-up-the-router-configuration-settings-on-my-Nighthawk-router
Enjoy. 📡
PoiTrike wrote:
I'm happy to report that I have finally got things working as they should have been all along. I haven't tested the wired connection, and probably won't at this point, but I was trying to retrace my steps to avoid having to wipe the system and start with a fresh install of Windows 10. I had forgotten about one change that I had tried early on in this troubleshooting - something that was suggested on several sites if you google "slow internet windows 10" or similar. That is, disabling windows auto-tuning. I had forgotten about that, and so today I set it back to normal and just like that the 150-160 Mbps download wall was gone - I'm getting 600+ Mbps downloads using the A7000.
I think I fell into the trap of installing things too quickly from the vendors of my PC components, without being suspicious enough about what these "tools" would be doing. I honestly did not determine exactly which program was causing my horrible initial experience of sub-20 Mbps speeds. That lead me down the road of trying any and all suggestions I found that claimed to be solutions to windows 10 internet speeds, and not keeping good track of what changes I had made.
I'm not really sure why so many people feel disabled the auto-tuning function will increase speeds - i literally found 10's of pages that all said to do this, and they all seemed sure it would only help, not hurt your performance. Clearly that isn't always the case.
Thanks for sharing. MY setup is the latest version of MacOS so the Windows info unfortunately does not help me. I have pretty much given up and resorted to slower speeds than both Netgear and my ISP (Sparklight) say I should be getting. :smileysad:
