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Th3-0n3
Jan 12, 2019Tutor
Slow wifi speed.
I have a netgear cm1000 for the modem connected to my netgear nighthawk R7800 router my service is with comcast/ xifnity 400 download 10 upload. When I connect my PC to the modem I get the full 400. W...
- Jan 12, 2019
WMM should be enabled, not disabled
you should roll back the firmware to .52 as both .58 and .60 have wifi problems NG needs to address
microchip8
Jan 12, 2019Master
WMM should be enabled, not disabled
you should roll back the firmware to .52 as both .58 and .60 have wifi problems NG needs to address
- Th3-0n3Jan 12, 2019TutorI just want to say thanks for replying and WMM I disable yesturday since gaming online got really bad and I read in a netgear page that it helps to disable this. I roll back to the when I get home now should I do a factory reset before i roll back or roll back to the .52 then a factory reset?
- Th3-0n3Jan 12, 2019TutorI hope this fixes the problem I was about to buy a new router yesturday but man I'll save alot it it works.
- myerswJan 12, 2019Master
Th3-0n3 wrote:
I hope this fixes the problem I was about to buy a new router yesturday but man I'll save alot it it works.Two things. Voxel firmware runs well on the r7800 and he has done some fixes that Netgear has not yet. Good firmware in my experience.
Second thing. Should you decide to get a different router I would strongly urge you look someplace other then Netgear. Netgear really does not seem to have their act together regarding firmware. All releases seem to have major problems right now.
- Th3-0n3Jan 12, 2019TutorThanks I'll check that out also what other router would you recommend in case I need to get one?