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FizzBuzz
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Jan 20, 2020
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Nighthawk R6900P MU-MIMO degraded speed

I just upgraded my internet to Fiber Gigabit. I also bought the Nighthawk R6900P MU-MIMO from Amazon. I was super excited once the Fiber Gigabit internet was all hooked up and ready to go. But to my ...
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    Jan 27, 2020

    Update: A replacement was delivered today. It was able to achieve gigabit speed right off the bat (see attached image - speedtest-wired-2020-01-27.png). The firmware version that came with the replacement was V1.3.0.20_10.1.1, which I left alone, didn't upgrade. So it seems the original router, which I already sent back, was defective, or the new firmware version or both.