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R6080 maxes out at 100mbps on my 1gig Spectrum service
So I have this Modem provided by Spectrum connected directly to my AC1000 router. Currently I am subscribed to Gig service 1000mbps download / 40mbps upload. Spectrum also provided me a Wi...
Voluspa_201 wrote:When I just have my Netgear router plugged in I have never had anything over 95mbps download. Any ideas on how to adjust the Netgear router to get faster speeds?
Are you testing with a wired computer on a LAN port?
According to the R6080 AC1000 Dual Band WiFi Router Data Sheet, all Ethernet ports are fast Ethernet only ...
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• Five (5) 10/100Mbps (1 WAN and 4 LAN)
Fast Ethernet ports with auto-sensing
technology
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Especially ref. the WAN/Internet port, this would be hard to believe to be correct, considering its promoted as
- Dual-Band WiFi Router (up to 1Gbps)
- Fast download speeds up to 1000Mbps
Voluspa_201 wrote:Looks like this issue is pretty common, why is Netgear putting 300-700Mbps on the box.
The 300+700 mb/s are the maximal wireless link rates the 2.4 GHz 802.1n and the 5 GHz 802.11ac radios can achieve.
i would love to hear kstotlani information is correct and the WAN port is Gigabit capable using a full eight strands/four pairs network cable - but I fear the Netgear marketing had a little bit a big mouth with their statements - and the data sheet is correct ref. the Ethernet ports.
> R6080 maxes out at 100mbps [...]
"m" = "milli" = 1/1000. "M" = "mega" = 1000000. Otherwise, yes, it
does.
https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/x/m-p/2017303
The R6120 is not much better, and gets many similar complaints: