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Nighthawk R7500 Wired connection slow
I recently upgraded my internet from Charter Spectrum 60Mbps to 100Mbps. I noticed that my internet has bee spotty and dropping connection frequently and had them reprovision my modem. Hook up my cabl...
My best guess now, after some more testing, is that the 128k buffer in the switch in the router is where the issue is at. Going from >100Mbps to 100Mbps, the buffer in the switch is a choke point.
So the fix: (1) get your computer to operate at 1Gbps ethernet, or (2) if you need to operate your computer at 100Mbps ethernet, try putting a switch with a much larger internal buffer (like the GS116) between you and the router and hopefully that eliminates the problem.
Alright I actually borrowed another router from a friend and plugged it in. It is an R7000 so pretty much a model down and here is the results from a speed test.
I just factory rest my r7500, flashed the firmware to inital release and still am getting around 25-30 no matter what port I plug the cable into. So I have no idea other than the router being defective.
