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cdysthe
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Oct 18, 2017
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Netgear R7000 isn't up to speed on a gigabit connection through CM1000 modem

Hi, I recently got a Netgear CM1000 modem on my gigabit Xfinity connection. When I hook my laptop up to the modem directly I am getting close to a gigabit connection, at least above 900 Mbps consi...
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    cdysthe
    Nov 08, 2017

    I have figured this out. I have been measuring the speed uing the Netgear UP app on my phone. Turns out the app doesn't measure speed correctly. I kept getting 2 - 300 Mbps. I finally hooked up the old fashioned way to the router and got 950 Mbps! So the problem is the UP app which clearly is buggy as far as speed goes. I will report that problem separately.