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R6200 caps ethernet wired download speed at 200mbps
I have somewhat recently upgraded my home ISP service to Time Warner's 300mbps service. If I make a wired connection to the ISP's cable modem, I can achieve the advertised 300mbps speed, so I'm getting what I am paying for from my provider.
However, when I connect the same PC (wired) to the R6200, the download speed is capped at 200mbps. This suggests to me that the issue is the R6200 (as I'm simply unplugging and plugging the same cable into another device located a few feet away).
After 6 weeks, I've been over the R6200 manual and settings and cannot determine if there is a configuration setting I need to address or whether there is simply an inherent limitation in the R6200 that is capping my supposed gigabit speed at 200mbps that I am also not finding in the documentation (nor did I find anything obvious in searching the Netgear Community).
Other relevant facts: Confirmed I have the latest firmware on the R6200 (V1.0.1.56_1.0.43). Computer is Dell Windows 10 with gigabit ethernet support (16 GB memory, i7 Intel, etc.). While I am guessing that the issue is in the R6200's settings, I shouldn't discount the fact that it may have something to do with the handshake between the cable modem and the R6200, so for completeness the cable modem is a ubee.
Has anyone had this issue and have they resolved it? Any help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I had tried all of those things before posting. (I could make it worse but never better than 200mbps when it should have been 300mbps.) In the last several days, I was plagued with intermittent Internet outages. The R6200 ended up being at fault apparently, as it would not reliably stay connected. I finally replaced it with a R7000 Nighthawk AC1900 and I'm happy to say I'm getting the full 300mbps from the R7000. My problem is solved in that respect, although, I wasn't expecting to have to replace the R6200.
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Hi mcpax,
1. Have you tried resetting the router?
2. Does the issue persist on all your wired devices?
3. Have you tried testing the other ports using other Cat5e or Cat6 Ethernet cables?
4. Have you tried changing the MTU? If not you may check the links below.
http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/19863
http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/25675
Regards,
Dexter
Community Team
I had tried all of those things before posting. (I could make it worse but never better than 200mbps when it should have been 300mbps.) In the last several days, I was plagued with intermittent Internet outages. The R6200 ended up being at fault apparently, as it would not reliably stay connected. I finally replaced it with a R7000 Nighthawk AC1900 and I'm happy to say I'm getting the full 300mbps from the R7000. My problem is solved in that respect, although, I wasn't expecting to have to replace the R6200.
