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Nighthawk R6700v3 and ATT 1000 Fiber
Has anyone had any luck getting a Nighthawk R6700v3 to work successfully with an ATT BGW320-505 and their 1 gig service?
The download speeds drop to around 600Mbps download on the Nighthawks when measured through the Nighthawks Ethernet port and the latency is 68+ ms.. I have the BGW320 set to IP passthru, both wi-fi radios turned off , all firewall settings turned off and packet filtering turned off.
Is the problem just that the R6700v3 cannot handle the BW? It is running V1.0.4.122_10.0.95 firmware.
BTW.. the BGW320-505 gets an asynchronous 987Mbps off the ethernet ports in its factory settings, so I know the BW is there.
Thanks in advance for any help with this issue.
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Has your R6700v3 been connected to a previous ONT, modem, or gateway?
If yes, the first thing you need to do is a firmware default reset on the router and go through the setup process from scratch. In that process be sure to leave QOS, access control, traffic monitoring, and parental controls disabled.
Have you tried it with the netgear in AP mode? ATT is notorious for their passthrough mode being sketchy
Thank you for your reply. Could you please explain the need for doing this, as it is a lot of work and is one of the main reasons I don't want to use ATT gateway. I have had the Nighthawk connected to 3 different modems over the years (2 Cisco and 1 Netgear without any issues without doing what you have suggested.
higginr wrote:Thank you for your reply. Could you please explain the need for doing this, as it is a lot of work and is one of the main reasons I don't want to use ATT gateway. I have had the Nighthawk connected to 3 different modems over the years (2 Cisco and 1 Netgear without any issues without doing what you have suggested.
When you connect a router to a different modem or ONT, it is possible for the connection details to be retained in the router. With different data sources you have different Ethernet modules and thus different details. These details are only reset with a firmware default reset of the router.
It is also important to follow a proper startup sequence for the hardware. Shut off (disconnect the power cord) for both the ONT and the router and disconnect the Ethernet cable. Power up the ONT and give it ample time to connect and stabilize. Then connect the Ethernet cable, power up and give the router ample time to boot and stabilize. Recommend you do not have any other items or USB connections attached to the router for the first initialization with a new data source.
Two questions:
- If I do the factory reset will it revert to the original firmware?
- Will I be able to restore my cfg file? I have quite a number of reserved ips and a different LAN IP subnet.
One of my main concerns is that given that the Netgear R6700v3 only has a Dual-core 1 GHz processor while the newer products such as a RXA70 has a 64-bit 1.5 GHz quad-core processor, this older unit cannot handle the bandwidth provided by the ATT BGW320-505. Is that also a possibility?
