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SpeedTest reporting 1/3 of speed that SpeedTest reports, how come?
I have a 1Gb service from my provider, and when I run the Speedtest (https://beta.speedtest.net/) I see 925Mbps down. Great. But when I'm on the router admin tool and trying to run the QoS Speedtest,...
What mode is your modem working in? Router or Bridge mode? Your modem already has a built in router...
Ya if NG is aware of it they would come out with a follow on FW to fix it. If your getting to spec speeds with external apps, You'll be fine for now.
re router or bridge mode
Great question. Bridge mode. The Rogers modems as routers have a less than stellar reputation, and I prefer to have my own dedicated router as well.
Just to clarify.
You do get full speed when wired into the router and testing using the speedtest site?
Just not when testing using the built in speedtest in the netgear app?The app/built in test is rarely accurate at speeds >500 mbps as it doesn't pick the appropriate server to test off.
Which is why at those speeds, we recommend using the actual speedtest site. Even the site sometimes doesn't pick the best server and you have to manually change it.
re clarifying
Correct, wired and "full" speed reported from website on my internal and local network speed, yet dramatically reduced speed directly from router.
Curious about how the remote server selection has more of an impact than the CAT4 wiring I have in my house. I guess I don't need to upgrade to latest and greatest CAT number.
re rarerly accurate over 500mbps
Seems like something Netgear really needs to address and pronto IMHO. Or, remove the internal functionality and simply redirect to the external site to run the test there. The problem I have though is, I want to run the perf test from the router and note from my internal computer because I would expect different results (router direct connet to bridged modem, and my internal computer is more wires away from the router and could be limited by QoS).
Thank you for your help and quick replies to explain things.
If you have gigabit service, you shouldn't have your qos on. Its not recommended at speeds over 250mbps. There used to be KB article from netgear on that but I couldn't find it (or it was removed).
Cat 4 cables? wowsa. And you're getting gigabit links? I'm fairly impressed with that. I've seen standard cat 5 hit gigabit when it was a short enough run and good quality cables. Cat 5e has been pretty sound on gigabit (quality ones). But never seen cat 4 do it.
I'd agree the speedtest option should be pulled. I've ran mulitple routers and only seen 1 company consistently have an integrated speedtest because they hosted their own servers for speedtesting. (or thats the impression they gave during testing).
I'd simply just install the speedtest app for windows and use that. Plus you can manually change the server it it chooses a poor server.
