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Username0101
Aspirant
Jun 25, 2018
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Half speed when connected wirelessly

When I run the Speedtest via the Nighthawk iphone app I get 70mbps (should be getting 60mbps from my ISP) but when I run a speedtest via Ookla from my laptop connected wirelessly I only get 30mbps.  ...
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    Username0101
    Jun 27, 2018

    I'm an idiot.  Looks like QoS was turned on and was limiting my speed to 30Mbps.  I don't remember enabling QoS but must have at some point.  Thanks antinode and DarrenM for trying to help.  

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Username0101
Aspirant
Jun 26, 2018

Hi antinode,

 

Thanks for the response. 

 

My laptop is a MacBook Air.  It looks like the laptop is connected to the 2.4, however, my iphone is connected to the 5GHz and both are only getting speeds of 30Mbps. 

 

Firmware version is 1.3.1.26_10.1.3.  The nighthawk apps says the firmware is up to date when I check for updates.  

 

I booted up my old desktop and tested the wired connection, still only 30Mbps.  

 

Any thoughts?

 

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DarrenM
Sr. NETGEAR Moderator
Jun 27, 2018

Have you tried to test another server location when speed testing on the speed test website?

 

DarrenM