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thinksinc
Mar 08, 2018Apprentice
Nighthawl R7800 QoS: Router itself appears as "Low" priority, can't change?
I've been having trouble with LAN speeds, and noticed that the QoS settings on many of my devices were lost and/or reverted back to "Low" or "Medium" settings when I had changed them to "High" or "Hi...
thinksinc
Mar 08, 2018Apprentice
I'm using the latest available firmware, V1.0.2.44.
My ISP speeds are very fast: I am on Comcast's 1Gbps tier, and the built-in Ookla SpeedTest in the Netgear Router software is measuring my downstream at 516Mbps and upstream at 34Mbps.
-R
FURRYe38
Mar 08, 2018Guru - Experienced User
Since you have a 1Gb speed support, it's recommended that QoS isn't needed and will inhibit full 900Mb +- speeds. So do a factory reset on the router and set it up from scatch, configured Wifi and thats it's don't touch or configure QoS at all.
QoS isn't really needed on 1Gb ISP services.
thinksincwrote:I'm using the latest available firmware, V1.0.2.44.
My ISP speeds are very fast: I am on Comcast's 1Gbps tier, and the built-in Ookla SpeedTest in the Netgear Router software is measuring my downstream at 516Mbps and upstream at 34Mbps.
-R