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Tone777
Dec 09, 2022Follower
r8000 nighthawk speeds
I have a netgear r8000 nighthawk router, and its always worked fine. I just upgraded my data service to 500mb down, Ive done a speed test remotely from the nighthawk app on my phone and also from the ...
plemans
Dec 09, 2022Guru - Experienced User
What speeds do you get wired into the router?
Since the upgrade, did you try a factory reset? Sometimes old qos or settings can cause issues after a speed change.
That device didn't have the fastest wifi. You can check the testing done by smallnetbuilder and it was roughly around 300mbps on average.
NETGEAR R8000 Nighthawk X6 Review: Part 2 - SmallNetBuilder