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Nighthawk R7000 -- WIRELESS speeds FASTER than wired speeds
Hi this is my first post here and it's a weird one for me. I've been running QoS for a while without issue but it seems like after an update and I'm not sure which one my Ethernet speeds have severely throttled. At first there wasn't a dynamic QoS and I went in and manually set what devices I wanted to have highest priority which was my game consoles since they also serve as multi media devices as well. For some strange reason my downloads are capped at no higher than 10Mbps and I get 100 from my ISP but on wifi it way faster. It wasn't always like this. So after a recent update I seen Dyanmic QoS and said let's try it and my Ethernet download speeds went up to normal like 80 on the console while upload stayed around 5 which is fine. All of a sudden My speeds tanked completely. Now I'm barely getting 10 down and 1 up.
Should I just turn off QoS? I reverted back to advanced QoS for now because with dynamic on I couldn't join my brother in a pvp match. With advanced settings I'm able to only problem is my wired speeds get throttled a lot. I'm thinking either I turn QoS off or should I bother downgrading the firmware?
I know I probably said too much but I'm just trying to be clear. Hope I was. Thanks for any replies.
Have you tried changing the Ethernet cable?
What's your speed when you bypass the router?
Did you try all LAN ports on the router?
By the way, did you reset the route rafter firmware upgrade?
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Hi got same issue. Solving it was very simple.
By default the QOS is set to manual! What a stupid thing! Then nothing is optimized.
Change it to Automatic. Then everything will be back to normal. Otherwise disable QOS, if you have a large broadband it is useless even for heavy domestic use.
cheers
i actually set it up in manual which is advanced mode. I set all the devices i wanted to have highest priority and it worked for a while. Recently it started acting up and i changed it to Dynamic or auto and it probably worked for a week but than my upload speeds went way down and i couldnt game properly.
Also the uplink bandwidth only measures my upload speed at 10Mbps but its also capping me download on wired connection to 10Mbps. I manually entered 100Mbps and it seemed to sort of work but still other devices started to buffer. Im honestly at a loss. I think im just going to turn it off and see what happens when i have a multiple devices running. QoS is more of a pain than its worth it seems
ill add real quick. When i have QoS in manual mode everything works fine with no interruptions but my download speed on wired is capped at 10Mbps where the wifi has no cap. I dont get it.