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Throttled speeds? Nighthawk X8 R8500
Hey all, I have an R8500 Nighthawk X8 router, and seem to be having throttling issues (or so I think). I recently upgraded my Spectrum internet from 200mbps to 400mbps and do not seem to be getti...
I can confirm that my speed test from the router to the laptop measures around 456mbps, I understand wired and wifi speeds differ quite a bit. The wifi speeds themselves are not giving me any issues, I would just like to take advantage of the extra speeds I have been given (I download a lot).
Is there really anything else I can do in this situation?
Spreadsheet08 wrote:
The wifi speeds themselves are not giving me any issues, I would just like to take advantage of the extra speeds I have been given (I download a lot).
Is there really anything else I can do in this situation?
Forget about trying to achieve the impossible and make your wifi go faster. Download over a wired connection and all will be fine.
To get faster wifi you may have to buy a router with faster wifi technology along with wifi clients with faster wifi technology.
All this is explained in the page I linked to.
One way to test your wifi devices is to try them on wifi sources somewhere else, anywhere else. If they are a lot faster somewhere else, then you may be able to squeeze more speed out of your local wifi. But don't hold your breath.
michaelkenward wrote:
Spreadsheet08 wrote:The wifi speeds themselves are not giving me any issues, I would just like to take advantage of the extra speeds I have been given (I download a lot).
Is there really anything else I can do in this situation?
Forget about trying to achieve the impossible and make your wifi go faster. Download over a wired connection and all will be fine.
To get faster wifi you may have to buy a router with faster wifi technology along with wifi clients with faster wifi technology.
All this is explained in the page I linked to.
One way to test your wifi devices is to try them on wifi sources somewhere else, anywhere else. If they are a lot faster somewhere else, then you may be able to squeeze more speed out of your local wifi. But don't hold your breath.
I appreciate your response, but you're making it sound like it's completely out of the realm of possibility for this router to broadcast wifi speeds over 300mbps - maybe it is, I don't know for sure... but I have seen other posts saying they get 700-900mbps on wifi out of this exact router.
Just to confirm, my devices have gotten about 900mbps on other networks.