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NETGEAR R6700v3 hardwire connection slows down with CAT6 compared to CAT5e
As the title says, I have a strange situation with my download speed. I'm paying for 1gbps (gigabit) from Wave. For each speed I list here, I have tested it at least 2 times each on fast.com, speedte...
Thanks for the reply! Sorry if it wasnt clear, I swapped the CAT6 cable (which already was able to get gigabit speeds if desktop plugged directly to the modem) for a CAT5e cable between desktop and router. The modem to router CAT5e cable was unchanged.
Try factory resetting the r6700. after the reset, during the install process,make sure to leave qos, access control, parental controls, and traffic monitoring all disabled
I did the factory reset and getting the same issue as before. Even with a CAT 5e cable, it's still ~200mbps slower (~500-600 mbps) than a direct connect of the Desktop to the Modem (~800mbps)
How are you testing the speed?
Each time I test I do
- 2 tests on fast.com
- 4 tests on speedtest.net
- 2 on Whitesky Communications LLC
- 2 on Ziply fiber or another server
- 2 on Google Search's speed test