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Nighthawk X6 R8000: Slow performance trough WAN ports. Approx 250-300mbps MAX
Hi All, I just upgraded my internet from 100mbps (cable) to 1gbps (glassfiber). I also got a new router with all the fiber materials. It works good, and i get approx 920mbps. However, when try to...
It wasn't until recently that the cpu's on consumer devices are getting powerful enough to do traffic inspection and pass the traffic at full speeds. And even though the R8000 seems pretty new and fancy, its actually a 4 year old device. In the world of arm processors, 4 years was quite a bit of advancement.
since upgrading to fibre, did you factory reset the router and reinstall it?
That's where I'd start.
also, during the install make sure to leave disabled: qos, traffic monitoring, access control, and parental controls.
Don't enable these processes.