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Ethernet port doing weird traffic shaping after upgrade from X6 to X10
I just upgraded from a Nighthawk X6 R7900 to a Nighthawk X10 R8900. I wanted to ask the community how to deal with what I believe is an Ethernet port doing weird traffic shaping. Once I upgraded to t...
Figured this out. When I opened up the jack and looked into the metal electrical box (gangbox) behind the jack I found that the installer had not carefully made sweeping loops with the excess cat 6 cable. When packing the excess cat 6, they just did a haphazard impetuous violent jam-job creating lots of sharp bends. Looked like a rats nest! Sharp bends create impedance and degrade signal. When I first straightened out the excess and retested speeds, low and behold, speeds jumped from 60/20 to like 200/20. I carefully repacked the excess using long sweeping loops. I then closed up the box with the face plates. It now works fine!
Burrisplace wrote:
I just upgraded from a Nighthawk X6 R7900 to a Nighthawk X10 R8900.
When making a change like that, it is a common mistake to simply swap out one router for another without going through the full network set up. This can leave devices on the network confused as to the local network environment.
Be sure to restart your network in this sequence:
- Turn off and unplug the modem.
- Turn off the modem router and computers.
- Plug in the modem and turn it on. Wait 2 minutes.
- Turn on the modem router and wait 2 minutes.
- Turn on the computers.
Maybe you did that. It isn't clear from your message.
Figured this out. When I opened up the jack and looked into the metal electrical box (gangbox) behind the jack I found that the installer had not carefully made sweeping loops with the excess cat 6 cable. When packing the excess cat 6, they just did a haphazard impetuous violent jam-job creating lots of sharp bends. Looked like a rats nest! Sharp bends create impedance and degrade signal. When I first straightened out the excess and retested speeds, low and behold, speeds jumped from 60/20 to like 200/20. I carefully repacked the excess using long sweeping loops. I then closed up the box with the face plates. It now works fine!