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Nighthawk r6700v2 slow ethernet
My Nighthawk R6700V2 seems to be throttling throughput speeds. There was a big storm last night, and during it, there were two loud *pops* and the internet went down, but I still had power. I was abl...
A couple things to try.
1. replace the ethernet cable.
2. reload the firmware on it. If the storm corrupted something in the firmware, a reset doesn't fix it. So reinstall the firmware, factory reset the router, and then manually reinstall it.
3. If it only fried the 1 port (if it did), theres an option in the debug menu to mirror the wan port to lan port one.
you go to the routers ip address 192.***.*.*/debug.htm check off the mirror wan port option.
If it was only that port that got fried, it might work.
A couple things to try.
1. replace the ethernet cable.
2. reload the firmware on it. If the storm corrupted something in the firmware, a reset doesn't fix it. So reinstall the firmware, factory reset the router, and then manually reinstall it.
3. If it only fried the 1 port (if it did), theres an option in the debug menu to mirror the wan port to lan port one.
you go to the routers ip address 192.***.*.*/debug.htm check off the mirror wan port option.
If it was only that port that got fried, it might work.
Thank you! I replaced the ethernet cable, reloaded the firmware, and number 3 was a great tip.
I mirrored the wan to LAN1 which allows my computer connecting through LAN3 to access the internet and get the correct 500-600Mbps down. However, the wireless network is not able to connect to the internet. I suspect the router is still trying to use the WAN port for the wireless connection.
Do you know if it's possible to direct the wireless connection through LAN1 as well? I'm not sure if it's hardcoded in the firmware or if it's accessible through the router settings.