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Nighthawk R7000...Ethernet connections works fine, but Speedtest.net test on Ethernet port fails
What you download is a zip file. Did you expand it? The .chk file is inside the zip file.
More info.
What do you mean fails? Slow, doesn't work, etc
Explain what you have done. Have you recently updated the firmware?
What is the firmware version? A number, not just something like latest.
Are you experiencing any other issues?
Hi Bill,
Thanks so much for helping me out.
Being that I'm not home with my router now, I can't obtain the firmware version until later in the day which I will do.
In the meantine, here is the problem...
When I connect an ethernet cable from anyone of my 4 router ports to my PC, I get a solid internet connection (this is with wifi disabled). I'm able to browse and do whatever I want.
During this connection, if I run a speedtest, I get practically nothing for download (.5M) and upload.
If I remove the ethernet from my router and connect it directly to my cable modem, then run the same speedtest, I get a 100M download.
Is there a reason why this happens?
My other issue, if I don't have any ethernet connections from my router to a client, I still see "wired" devices on my Nighthawk App. This is in addition to any 2.4GHz and 5GHz devices that appear as connected devices.
Thanks so much Bill
Hi Bill,
Just to follow up, my firmware version is...
V1.0.9.88_10.2.88
Thanks again!
Lots is issues with the .88 version of the firware. Would recommend you downgrade to .42, which most feel was the last good firmware.
Netgear for at least the last year has not been able to build a decent firmware. No fixes for known issues and also introducing new issues. Just wonderful.