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Aneibauer
May 20, 2025Aspirant
Slow WiFi Cax30 xfinity
 I just installed a Cax30 with Xfinity wifi. Speed going into the router is about what it should be near 400, but wifi coming out is around 80.  I tried different locations etc,  but wonder if there a...
- May 21, 2025Glad you got it working. Please mark your thread as solved so others will know. 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. 📡
FURRYe38
May 21, 2025Guru - Experienced User
Where you connected to 2.4Ghz?
Is Smart Connect enabled or disabled?
Aneibauer
May 21, 2025Aspirant
I had selected the 2.4 wifi on all my devices. Didn’t enable Smart Connect. Then I selected 5g on my iPad and the speed increased. Same for my phone. I left my printer at 2.4 and the two devices still print to it. My apartment is small so I’m not concerned with distance. I’m just amazed at the difference in speed.