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Re: Paid for Speed Increase, Not seeing it
I am paying for 500mbps. With my provider router I am getting all of that speed and more, but I was sick and tired of paying $7 a month to use their router. And so a friend recommended the Nighthawk....
Spectrum uses modems manufactured by Motorola. Mine is the E31N2V1 which is rated for 1.9gbps. My Spectrum router (also manufactured by Motorola) is a wifi 6 router rated for 2.5gbps. My work computer MUST be hardwired. My goal in getting the Netgear router is to save the $7 per month that Spectrum now charges their customers for using their router. But this is becoming more of an hassle in an attempt to save $7. The plan was to return the Spectrum router to them.
Spectrum routers do not have an admin gateway where users can configure their settings other than change the SSDI and password. Bottom line is that I am not getting the speeds I pay for using the Netgear router. I get my subscribed speed and more using the Spectrum router.
Since this is a work computer I can not install anything on it without IT permissions.
Your perception of the router's internal throughput test is wrong. The test measures the input to the router from the modem. The test is initiated from within the mobile application that is connected to the router over Wi-Fi and the results are reported out the same way. This test does not measure Wi-Fi throughput. Historically this test has provided a very stable reference and record of the results.
Within the configuration of your router, do you have IPv6 enabled? If not, it should be.
Are you using the DNS from your ISP? For both IPv4 and IPv6?
Do you have any of the boutique router features enabled like QoS, traffic meter, Armor, etc.?
Kitsap wrote:
Your perception of the router's internal throughput test is wrong. The test measures the input to the router from the modem. The test is initiated from within the mobile application that is connected to the router over Wi-Fi and the results are reported out the same way. This test does not measure Wi-Fi throughput. Historically this test has provided a very stable reference and record of the results.
Thank you for that explanation. That's what I was trying to say.
The good thing about that approach is that it eliminates anything that the devices wired to the router may introduce.
Like I said, it can be difficult persuading "experts" to rethink their understanding.
