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RaymoC
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Aug 18, 2017
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R8000 Slow WiFi download Speeds

Hi guys,   I'm wondering if anyone can help me as I am on my second Nighthawk R8000 and I am getting nowhere near the download speeds I should be getting, any suggestions would be appreciated. I a...
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  • whiteswan's avatar
    whiteswan
    Sep 13, 2017

     

    I am sorry an exchange did not work for you.

    I did not use the "smart connect" feature - when I enabled this in the original router it seemed to slow my speeds down.

    I settled on 2 seperate 5ghz wifi networks just as it comes out of the box.

    Mine has been rock steady now since the exchange - I changed absolutely nothing at all out of the box - I only opened a port for a torrent file.

    I am still amazed that I regularly get over 300 meg dload a floor above on a 300meg line - hardwired to the router it nudges 320 meg dload - just amazing.

    The only thing I have noticed is that my NEST thermostat seems to disconnect from wifi every few days - it auto reconnects every single time so no big dramas - but I'm not too sure if it needs re-pairing to the new router or whether it's NEST servers.

     

    Everything else connected to the router works flawlessly (around 25 different items) - Smart TV's, Nvidia Shield, Ring Doorbell, Tablets, Phones, Pc's etc.

     

    Dave

     

     

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whiteswan
Guide
Sep 05, 2017

Hi

 

I have same set up as yourself - apart from I am on Virgin Media 300 dl / 20 up.

 

My original X6 was same as yours - slow speeds and disappearing wifi.

 

I tried everything - different firmwares - factory resets - changing values in set up - it would work for a day - maybe 2 - but then would crap out again.

 

Netgear seem to take 3 weeks just to answer questions on here - so I gave up and swapped it for another X6 (I purchased it from Amazon - they were happy to swap it)

 

The new one is flawless - I get 300 meg dl/19up a floor above the superhub3 which is in modem mode.

 

It's my opinion that there is a "bad batch" of routers out there - swap it and hopefully it will solve your problems.

 

Dave