Nighthawk won't accept 1GB speeds

Nighthawk R7000 AC1900 Firmware version V1.0.9.88_10.2.88 Nighthawk is in Router Mode. I have AT&T Optic Fiber with 1GB download speed. Before I got the 1GB speed, I had the 100 Mbps which...

iTony888
Mar 25, 2020
So I went to the manufacture of both my computers and it's comfirmed that I do have gigabyte internet card in both computers. I also made sure that my drivers were updated too.

I even checked the specs on my Xbox but all I could find was that Xbox One has 600Mbps. I have Xbox One S so it should either have 600 or more.

I think I am now done messing around with this NightHawk as it no longer puts out more than 60Mbps. It was a good router while it lasted and I have used it for many years.

iTony888

Aspirant

Mar 18, 2020

I installed the firmware V1.0.9.42_10.2.44 and did a factory reset.

Wifi speed

Download is still 60Mbps

Ethernet Improved

Download 367Mbps

So the firmware slightly improved my Ethernet speed but had no effect on Wifi speed.

antinode

Guru

Mar 18, 2020

> Wifi speed
> Download is still 60Mbps

Have you considered the possiblity that the bottleneck there is the
client device, rather than the R7000?

Which radio band are you using? 5GHz can be faster than 2.4GHz.

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Nighthawk won't accept 1GB speeds