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New secondary access point capped at 100mbps
New router model:R6080 ISP provided router:zyxel EMG6726-B10A Provisioned speed: 500mbps Wired access point lan to lan setup with cat6 Okay above I’ve provided details of all my specs. I have ran ...
Oconner96 wrote:
New router model:R6080
ISP provided router:zyxel EMG6726-B10A
Provisioned speed: 500mbps
Return it for something better.
Visit the support pages:
Support | NETGEAR
Feed in your model number and check the documentation for your hardware.
Look at the Data Sheet. It says there:
- Five (5) 10/100 (1 WAN and 4 LAN)
Fast Ethernet ports with auto-sensing
technology
These means that you router is limited to 100 Mbps when it talks to the modem. You will never get a wired link that gets 500Mbps.
Ignore the marketing guff about "WiFi speeds up to 300+700Mbps". That is for things talking to each other on your local network. Your wifi things still will not talk to the Internet at anything faster than 100 Mbps.
What it boils down to is that you have the bottom of the range router from Netgear. It is surprising that they still make these things. The usual Ethernet standard for routers has been 1000 Mbps for a decade or more.
Look for something that promises Gigabit Ethernet. That's pretty well everything other than the R6080.
Okay thanks. and thanks for not being a d*** head like that guy who commented first.
Oconner96 wrote:
Okay thanks. and thanks for not being a d*** head like that guy who commented first.
Some people come here to use their experience to offer help to folks who may not be network experts. One or two others are here to polish their own egos, to prove how wonderful they are, to belittle everyone else, and because they forgot to take their meds this morning. I find it best just to ignore them.
If you want to find something suitable for your needs, try plugging your needs into the filters on the product pages:
Wireless Routers for Home | NETGEAR
and, if you have money to burn:
Orbi: Whole Home WiFi System for Better WiFi Everywhere | NETGEAR
Then check back here for reports on the things you are considering, but remember that people turn up in this community with problems, not compliments. So look at reviews on Amazon, for example.
> [...] One or two others are here to polish their own egos, to prove
> how wonderful they are, to belittle everyone else, and because they
> forgot to take their meds this morning. [...]And some offer amateur[ish] psychological analysis and insults.
> [...] I find it best just to ignore them. [...]
Especially when they identify errors in lame "advice".