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OneSpellWizard
Aug 20, 2021Aspirant
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...
plemans
Aug 20, 2021Guru - Experienced User
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
OneSpellWizard
Aug 21, 2021Aspirant
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)
- plemansAug 21, 2021Guru - Experienced User
How are you testing the speed?
- OneSpellWizardAug 21, 2021Aspirant
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
- plemansAug 22, 2021Guru - Experienced User
Have you tried downgrading the firmware a version or 2