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Spectrum Gigabit service - Netgear CM2000 & Orbi RBK853 Not getting Full 1 Gig Speed
I recently upgraded my Spectrum service to 1gig last month and I was getting the full service speed for a couple of weeks. My download speeds are now pinning at near 100mbps. I've spoken with the spe...
Do you have any recommended cat 6 cables?
The fact that I can hardwire directly to the modem and get gigabit speeds makes me think that there is something wrong with the WAN port on the Orbi RBK853. I've tried several different cables including a high quality cat 6/8 cable.
Here are a couple more threads with similar issues
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi-WiFi-6-AX-and-WiFi-6E-AXE/RBR850-WAN-status/m-p/1973934
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/WAN-Interface-stuck-at-100-MBPS/td-p/1699353
This one seems to be exactly what I'm experiencing
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi-WiFi-6-AX-and-WiFi-6E-AXE/Orbi-850-throttles-download-speed/td-p/2188390
any chance you have a simple unmanaged switch sitting around ?
Try going ONT---->unmanaged switch--->RBK
Don't plug anything else into the unmanaged switch other than the RBK.
I've seen some ont's not negotiate a gigabit connection before when connected to the router