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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.
Thanks Duckware for your input however I hooked up the R7000 and used the same setup as the R7500 and find that it is providing faster WLAN Speed tests and giving me near my full LAN speeds.
The two router models are likely buffering differently (different queue depths). With a LAN speed of 100Mbps, you will see dropped packet and retry issues on a 112Mbps Internet connection. Use WireShark to see this.
The big clue is you are saying your comptuer says 1Gbps, but the router says 100Mbps. Both must show as 1Gbps.