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brokenrouter702
Follower
May 07, 2022

Network port capped at 100mbp

I've seen countless threads on this here and none have provided an answer. I have an ARIS Surfboard cable modem SB8200 I have the netgear R6080. When I run a speed test the most I can get is 100mbp I have a gig connection. When I remove the router and go from my modem to my PC I get 900+ mbps.

 

Why is it when I'm using the router and hooked up to the Ethernet port I'm limited to 100mbps? I'm using the cables supplied with the router and the cable modem. Also I only got this dinky router because my norton core is no longer being supported and I was getting 800+mbps on that device.

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  • Kitsap's avatar
    Kitsap
    Master
    May 07, 2022

    The Ethernet ports on your R6080 router are rated at 10/100Mbps.  See attached catalog snip from Amazon.

     

    Now you know why.

     

  • plemans's avatar
    plemans
    Guru
    May 07, 2022

    Kitsap is correct. You didn't buy a gigabit router. You bought a fast ethernet router which only has 10/100mbps ports and not gigabit. 

    So your speed is going to max out at 94 (ish) mbps. If you want faster speeds, you need to upgrade to a gigabit router. And if you're using gigabit speeds, I wouldn't buy a base model gigabit device as even through struggle to hit gigabit over wired if you're using any extra features (armor, parental controls, access controls, traffic monitoring).