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lenenkash
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Nov 04, 2023
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Nighthawk CAX30 + Xfinity (AZ) Can anyone explain?

The Nighthawk CAX30 is advertised as 2.7Gbps download speed. Mu current plan with Xfinity is 1.2Gbps down. What I have come to understand is that Ethernet tops out at 1Gbps, and Wifi is faster? Anywa...
  • microchip8's avatar
    Nov 04, 2023
    The advertised speed is the total speed for wifi for the 2.4 and 5 GHz bands combined. You can get more than 1 Gbps when doing wifi <-> wifi transferts on the 5 GHz band if you have a wifi client that supports it. Ethernet ports are max of 1 Gbps.