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Nighthawk X4S R7800 - WiFi less than half the speed of my modem/router combo and a third of ethernet
I've been on the struggle bus for hours now and decided to solicit help from the experts here. My router is delivering really poor WiFi speeds. Ethernet connection form the modem or from the router a...
Thanks for the reply and link!
My adapter runs 2x2 which should get me actual throughout of 600mbps. The main reason I am puzzled is that I have been getting 600-650mbps via WiFi for months through my ISP provided modem/router. So there is no issue with my devices receiving 600mbps+ speeds. It was not until I switched to the Nighthawk that the speed was cut in half.
My adapter runs 2x2 which should get me actual throughout of 600mbps. The main reason I am puzzled is that I have been getting 600-650mbps via WiFi for months through my ISP provided modem/router. So there is no issue with my devices receiving 600mbps+ speeds. It was not until I switched to the Nighthawk that the speed was cut in half.
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Under Advanced -> Wireless Setup, make sure you do not have a check mark beside Enable Smart Connect.
Under Advanced -> Wireless Setup, make sure you do not have a check mark beside Enable 20/40 MHz Coexistence.
Use different SSID's for the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands.
You should consider using the Voxel refined version of the firmware. Link is: Voxel
