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R7000 wired speed as expected, but Nighthawk/Genie speed test is about half
I recently upgraded my Comcast internet to gigabit speeds and upgraded my modem to the Arris SB8200 to support the speed increase. When hardwired to my R7000, I'm getting the expected ~950Mbps d...
some of the speedtest sites/servers can't saturate gigabit. In my area, I've had speedtest fail to saturate my connection. If I test with speedtest.xfinity.com or speedtest.googlefiber.net it does fine but ookla doesn't. it could be that the the app is picking a server that isn't capable of maxing out your connection while your pc is.
I am guessing that is about all the iPhone can do wirelessly.
I have an iPhone XS MAX and Conmcast 600Mps down and 20 up. When I run a speed test on the phone I get 450 down and 24 up. The wireless support cannot reach the same speed as an Ethernet attached PC.
This might provide you with some interesting information about wireless.
But i'm not running the speed test from my iPhone to test the internet. When I do that, I get similar numbers as you with a maximum of about 500/42.
The test I'm referring to is the built in Ookla speed test in the router's Genie browser or Nighthawk app, which is supposed to test the speed from router to modem. That speed test's results aren't making sense.
I guess what I could do after I get home is try running the Genie browser speed test while hardwired into the router to see if it makes a difference, but from the description of the test it shouldn't...