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R2dTOO
Jan 12, 2019Guide
Slow internet when connected to Wifi
I just got AT&T 1000Mbps fiber internet, as well as an R7000 Nighthawk router. The AT&T RG is in passthrough mode, and the Nighthawk is in router mode. Nighthawk is running firmware version 1.0.9.60_...
- Jan 14, 2019
OK. I think I have solved the problem. Here is what I did:
- I got rid of the AT&T Gateway. It's now just the Nighthawk connected to the AT&T ONT via a switch in the middle. Instructions here if anyone is interested.
- After getting rid of the gateway, I factory reset the router again. I set the SSIDs up again, changed the 2.4GHz and 5GHz channels from "Auto" and whatever the default 5GHz channel was to "06" and "161" (looking at a wifi analyzer, revealed that channel 6 was the least congested in my area for 2.4GHz. Channel 161 was not used at all in the 5GHz spectrum).
After doing both of these things, I am now getting between 350Mbps and 525Mbps on the 5GHz network.
I had done step 2, with the gateway in place, several times before. I think the combination of the two together is what solved my issue.
Thank you everyone for the help.
IrvSp
Jan 12, 2019Master
Besides turning off Smart Connect, did you ever have faster wireless speeds? If so, how fast, on what device and what band?
What was your ISP speed before? 100Mbps or slower? Did/do you have QoS enabled? If so, turn it off.