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R8000P Slow Wired speed
Hi All!
Looking for a resolution to slow wired speeds. Not "SLOW" but not what I was getting with Spectrum's router.
Wireless I get ~460mbps (Pay for 400) throughout most of the 2800sq ft house. Directly wired to the router, however, I get max speeds of 140mbps. This is on a PC that has had no updates between changing from Spectrum's router (has zero coverage and drops habitually with less than 15 items connected) and installing the Nighthawk.
Spectrum has added the router to my account so it's pulling valid data. Before I moved to this new house, I had ATT Fiber and had 1gbps wired speed.
Not really sure what else to check. Cables are fine - another PC connected to same cat6 cable still gets 140mbps maxed. Wirelessly will get ~450. Downloaded VPN to see if somehow wired connections were being metered and no go.
On most recent firmware version and QoS and Traffic Meter are disabled.
Any help would be appreciated!
Dear EVERYONE! A new MS update was the culprit. The crypto mining / ransomware patch fubar'd my NIC. I took my desktop to the neighbors and got 140mbps hard wired as well - so I did a system restore to late December (whaaa) but thanks MS! It was a security update I couldn't uninstall :(
Thanks everyone for the assistance.
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I should add that I checked other related articles for other routers in the Nighthawk brand and did try enabling IPV6 config in Advanced options. This did nothing for my speed. Is there a safe, reliable version that's not the most recent firmware?
Thanks!
Which version of the firmware are you on?
What modem are you connected to?
Did you try factory resetting and reinstalling? Sometimes when you update firmware or change ISP's, its not a bad idea to reset and start over.
Firmware version - V1.4.1.42_1.3.4
Modem - Spectrum's E31U2V1
I have not performed another factory reset since the update to the new firmware version. I did, however, perform a factory reset when I decided to use this router prior to the firmware upgrade.
The oddest part is that the speedtest in the router GUI says it pulls ~450mbps. You'd think it would deliver that speed to any of its Lan ports with no issues.
Do you recommend the 30-30-30 or just hold the reset pin for a few seconds until it resets? Also which firmware version do you recommend to try first?
