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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.
Thank you duckware. Yes the light is showing up amber on both models. Bless you for reminding me of my long forgotten knowledge of Wireshark haha so I reinstalled it and dont see really any dropped packets or re-acknowledgement TCP packets coming in.
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.
That was the case. I ended up connecting to a 1gb port and low and behold my entier network is back up and running like it should. Now this gives me more faith to upgrade my router from netgear! Thanks a whole lot!