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yashi
Tutor
Oct 10, 2015
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R8000 Half-Gigabit Speed

I have Gigabit internet which, when connecting my computer directly to the modem, I'm getting this speed: http://www.speedtest.net/result/4733704668.png whereas when the R8000 is in between I'm get...
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  • TheEther's avatar
    TheEther
    Oct 10, 2015

    I don't know if MAC cloning will affect performance.  According to this review, the R8000 should be able to hit 800 Mbps in the downstream direction.

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yashi
Tutor
Oct 10, 2015

TheEther

Thanks for your help.

 

I tried your suggestion: I reset the router back to factory settings, and the ONLY thing I changed after the reset was to change the MAC address of the router because my ISP is tied to the MAC address of my Desktop computer. I hope this does not affect performance.

 

Anyways, after the reset the problem persists:

With R8000 in between I'm getting:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/4734308361.png

With the modem directly to the desktop:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/4734316802.png

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TheEther
Guru
Oct 10, 2015

I don't know if MAC cloning will affect performance.  According to this review, the R8000 should be able to hit 800 Mbps in the downstream direction.