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What Ethernet do I buy for nighthawk r7000
I use a cat 6 (RJ45) and it was less download and upload than my WiFi signal is getting e.g wifi if 210-15 down, upload 10-12 and I was getting on Ethernet 70 down and 6 up and I just recently bought a cat 7 (RJ45) and was near enough the same as cat 6 maybe a bit higher.
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> [...] r7000
Firmware version? Connected to what, how? ISP service level?
> I use a cat 6 (RJ45) [...]
Cable? Between what and what? How long is it?
> and it was less download and upload than my WiFi signal is getting
> [...]What makes you think that the cable is the bottleneck? I'd expect
Cat5e to be as good as anything in this case. (Depending, of course, on
what you're actually doing, and with what.)> [...] I just recently bought a cat 7 (RJ45) and was near enough the
> same as cat 6 maybe a bit higher.And maybe not higher.
The non-psychics in your audience have no idea what you're using as a
client device, how you're measuring these speeds, what the LED
indicators on the R7000 indicate, or anything else which might be useful
information. So far, all you've told us is that two different
better-than-you-need cable types work about as well as each other. This
does not amaze me.- I use it for my PS4 the cable is 15m long for both, I’ve researched that cable length doesn’t matter to around 100m, the indicator on my router is showing orange when it should show white? The firmware update it at its newest update.
> cable length doesn't matter to around 100m, [...]
True.
> [...] the indicator on my router is showing orange when it should show
> white?Are you asking or telling? If your (unspecified) "my PS4" has a
gigabit Ethernet interface, and it's not in some power-off/standby mode,
then, using a good cable, the R7000 LAN Ethernet port-status LED should
be white.What do you get if you connect that cable from one R7000 LAN Ethernet
port to another one? Both port-status LEDs be white. If that works as
expected, then there would seem to be a problem with your (unspecified)
"my PS4", not the cable, not the R7000.> [...] The firmware update it at its newest update.
As always, an actual version number would be more useful than your
opinion of what's "newest" today.I know nothing, but many users report here that the recent ".60" and
".64" versions have more problems than the earlier ".42" version. You
might try that older version.Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look
for Downloads. (For older versions, under Firmware and Software
Downloads, look for "View Previous Versions".) Find the kit(s).
Download the kit(s) you want. Read the "Release Notes" file for
instructions.