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kennyshewchuk's avatar
Feb 21, 2017
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LAN Speed Issue with R6700

Good Evening,   I have a media server that accesses the internet through my router on the first LAN port. Initially, I was pulling about 900mbps on my gigabit internet connection. All of a sudden I...
  • StephenB's avatar
    StephenB
    Feb 21, 2017

    So the direct connection ran at ~900, and the router wired path also ran about ~900, but suddenly dropped to ~400.  Retesting the direct connection still showed ~900.   Is that all correct?

     

    Rebooting the router and the media server is the obvious first step - if you haven't done that, you should start there.  Disconnect any other devices from the router, just in case they are active (windows update or some similar drag you might not realize is going on).

     

    If you have done that, maybe try resetting the router, and test it with the factory default settings.