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R7200 Getting internet speeds at about half of what they should be
Recently, my ISP came and replaced my old modem as it died. It was a modem/router combo and I was wired directly into that and getting the full internet speed provided by my ISP (300 mbps). They repl...
Do you have a different pc/laptop you could try?
I tried a speed test with my phone connected to the router wirelessly and was getting the correct speeds.
Thats interesting if you get full speeds over wireless but not wired.
Makes me suspicious of the device you're testing wired with.
And you only have the 1 wired device to try?
I just tested my main PC with WiFi (it has WiFi capabilities built into the motherboard) and I got the full internet speed as advertised by the ISP. I tried WiFi on my laptop and also got (almost) the full internet speed. I tried the ethernet cable on my laptop and I got the same speeds I was getting on my PC. The ethernet cable appears to be the problem which is strange because it started happening right as the new modem was installed from the ISP and there is no physical, visible damage across its length. I have no idea why it would be extremely slow all of a sudden.
got a different cable to try?
did you try different ports on the router?
I do not have a different cable to try, unfortunately.
I did not try it on different ports on the router nut I have tried it with two different routers now (because the ISP came and replaced the R7200) and it is still giving me the same speeds, leading me to believe I have a faulty ethernet cable.