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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 ...
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
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?
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.
palbin wrote:
I checked that I had/have latest firware.
Only a number is a reliable indicator.
As microchip8 said:
Which firmware version? (not "the latest")Your "latest" may not agree with anyone else's idea.
palbin wrote:
I enabeled QoS and TrafficMeter.
Not sure what the spelling there means. It is wrong so it might mean enabled or disabled. (I'm not being picky, just trying to work out what you have done.)
But if you enabled QoS and Traffic Meter that can slow things down. The advice is to disable them.
palbin wrote:
And I checked that access control and parental control were disabeled.
Access control isn't going to slow things down, parental control, whichever of the various versions you are using, may have some effect.
The point is to to disable things that use processor power on your router. QoS and Traffic Meter do that. Access control and parental control are, to quote Douglas Adas, relatively harmless.