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palbin
Jun 07, 2021Aspirant
Slow Netgear Nighthawk X6 AC3200
When I connect my computer directly to internet with ethernet cable I get speed 500/500 but when I instead go through my Netgear router (ethernet cable from computer to router and ethernet cable ...
michaelkenward
Jun 08, 2021Guru - Experienced User
palbin wrote:
When I connect my computer directly to internet with ethernet cable ...
You can't connect directly to the Internet. There is always something between you and it.
This is either a modem, a "gateway", which could be a modem that also has a router, or an optical termination.
That something also affects what your router does.