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dustinf2005
Aug 10, 2020Aspirant
r9000 100mbps Limit
Hi, I have a r9000 Netgear Nighthawk X10 AD7200 that is a little over 2 years old. It has been factory reset to the default settings, and is running the latest firmware (1.0.5.18). This router is...
- Aug 11, 2020
maybe the port went bad.
If you go to the ip address/debug.htm (so: usually 192.168.1.1/debug.htm) or whatever you use for your ip address, most routers have a wan port mirror to port 1. Not 100% on the R9000 as I don't have one but all my other routers have some form of it. try checking that, reboot the router using port 1 of the lan ports as a wan port.
plemans
Aug 11, 2020Guru - Experienced User
What modem is it connected to?
If you setup the R7000 as the router and connect the R9000 to it (just for testing) are you able to get >100mbps?
Have you tried reinstalling the firmware, factory reset, and tried running it with the default settings? Reason I say reinstall the firmware is if something was corrupt, a reset of the firmware only removes settings, it doesn't overwrite the firmware. I'd recommend any firmware changes be done over a hardwired connection.
- dustinf2005Aug 11, 2020Aspirant
My router is connected to a Arris SB8200. When connecting my r9000 as an access point to my r7000, the lights are white, indicating gigabit speeds. However, when hardwired to dpifferent computers using Cat5E & Cat6 cables separately, I'm limited to under 100mbps.
In regards to firmware, I rolled back to a previous version, still received the same issue. Then I updated to the most recent firmware using default factory settings and I still received the same issue. After this I performed a factory reset using factory ssid, and still the same issue. At this point I'm not sure what to test.
A friend of mine brought over an Asus ROG Rapture AX11000 for me to test and it worked perfectly fine with the same cables connected to the same computers that failed to get over 100mbps with the r9000.
- plemansAug 11, 2020Guru - Experienced User
dustinf2005 wrote:My router is connected to a Arris SB8200. When connecting my r9000 as an access point to my r7000, the lights are white, indicating gigabit speeds. However, when hardwired to dpifferent computers using Cat5E & Cat6 cables separately, I'm limited to under 100mbps.---when you're connected to the R7000?
In regards to firmware, I rolled back to a previous version, still received the same issue. Then I updated to the most recent firmware using default factory settings and I still received the same issue. After this I performed a factory reset using factory ssid, and still the same issue. At this point I'm not sure what to test.
A friend of mine brought over an Asus ROG Rapture AX11000 for me to test and it worked perfectly fine with the same cables connected to the same computers that failed to get over 100mbps with the r9000.
try checking the pins on the r9000 ethernet jack. maybe one is bent/dirty/corroded.
- dustinf2005Aug 11, 2020Aspirant
plemans wrote:
dustinf2005 wrote:My router is connected to a Arris SB8200. When connecting my r9000 as an access point to my r7000, the lights are white, indicating gigabit speeds. However, when hardwired to dpifferent computers using Cat5E & Cat6 cables separately, I'm limited to under 100mbps.---when you're connected to the R7000?
In regards to firmware, I rolled back to a previous version, still received the same issue. Then I updated to the most recent firmware using default factory settings and I still received the same issue. After this I performed a factory reset using factory ssid, and still the same issue. At this point I'm not sure what to test.
A friend of mine brought over an Asus ROG Rapture AX11000 for me to test and it worked perfectly fine with the same cables connected to the same computers that failed to get over 100mbps with the r9000.
try checking the pins on the r9000 ethernet jack. maybe one is bent/dirty/corroded.
Yes, I setup my r7000 as my main router since the r9000 started limiting me to 100mbps and started using my r9000 as an access point to cover the rest of the house. However, the same result happened when the r9000 was used as main router and access point.
I used a can of air to clean out any dirt in the Internet port and attached a picture of it. Looks pretty brand new to me, but I appreciate any and all troubleshooting tips.