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thinksinc
Apprentice
Mar 08, 2018
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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...
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thinksinc
Apprentice
Mar 10, 2018

Thanks for the suggestions and feedback. I've gone ahead and done a factory reset and disabled QoS.

 

Question: should I also disable WMM (WiFi Multimedia) on all channels as well? WMM is the second tab under the QoS section, so not sure if the advice to disable QoS pertains to WMM as well.

 

I've also ordered an EdgeRouterLite to see if that improves my connectivity and speeds. I tried using one a couple of years ago and it was a nightmare to configure, but I checked out some YouTube videos and it doesn't seem too difficult these days.