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R8000 Nighthawk X6 AC3200 - upgraded to fiber and not seeing the expected speeds
Fiber became available in the neighborhood through AT&T and had it connected. The R8000 Nighthawk x6 ac3200 router was in place before the fiber was installed and had decent download rates (80Mbps). ...
You should enable IP Passthrough or DMZPlus on the AT&T gateway. Select your R8000 as the passthrough device. This will eliminate double NAT in your setup.
On your R8000, turn off Dynamic QoS as well as MAC address cloning. Then reboot the router. Then check speeds.
Frankly, it might be easier to reset the router to factory settings. Then just do basic config (change admin password, set up Wi-Fi and adjust LAN settings). Don't turn on any other features. Then check speeds.
I also got the R8000 when I had fiber insalled. Due to the lack of updates to the product, and slow speeds, I sold it.
You will never get super fast wifi speeds btw. Wired connection though you should be around 800-900MBps.
Again, see if you can get rid of the R8000, as it seems to just be a stop gap router Netgear put out, to make a profit before releasing the R9000/R8500.