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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.
- palbinJun 20, 2021Aspirant
Please excuse the long response time.
I have tried to do everything adviced including factory reset.
But nothing changes and I still get speed cirka 250/250 with ethernet cable computer
to Netgear and ethernet cable Netgear to optical/fiber internet connection.
However, if I unplug ethernet cable from Netgear to computer so that computer switch
to WiFi internet from my other router (supplied by my internet supplier) then I get speed
cirka 500/500 which is what I pay for.
Best regards
- michaelkenwardJun 20, 2021Guru - Experienced User
palbin wrote:
I have tried to do everything adviced including factory reset.
Yes, but we have no idea what "everything " means to you. How about answering the questions first asked by microchip8 ?
Which firmware version? (not "the latest") Do you have QoS or TrafficMeter enabled?- palbinJun 20, 2021Aspirant
I checked that I had/have latest firware.
I enabeled QoS and TrafficMeter.
And I checked that access control and parental control were disabeled.
Then I restarted router and checked if speed with ethernet cable was still 250/250.
As speed was still 250/250 I did factory reset followed by initiating router and all
of the above mentioned all over again. And speed is still 250/250.