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BuckGuy
Tutor
Nov 24, 2020

Netgear Nighthawk R7960P Not Allowing Full ISP Speed

I recently increased my Internet speed through my ISP to 500 down / 50 up, but my Netgear Nighthawk is throttling my download speeds.  I'm maxing out at about 300 Mbps down.  Upload speed is fine.  P...
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plemans
Guru - Experienced User
Nov 24, 2020

Did you ever try a factory reset and clean reinstall? (not from backup) 

Try that first. During the install, make sure to leave qos, traffic monitoring, parental controls, and access controls disabled. 

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BuckGuy
Tutor
Nov 24, 2020

I'll try that, thanks.  Appreciate the reply.