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RS700 2.5gbps WAN internet but only getting 1gbps on LAN5
Been scratching my head to figure out this bottleneck. My WAN shows 2.5 per the router settings being detected. I have my main computer on LAN5 since this is a 10gbps and shows 2.5 in the attache...
Found the root cause.
Within my Ethernet controller adapter settings, I found "cFosSpeed for faster Internet connections (NDIS 6) and had it disabled. As soon as I disabled it, I could get my full 2.5 GB speed. This was the root cause for my bottleneck keeping the connection at 1GB.
https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/RS700S/RS700_UM_EN.pdf
You may want to check out page 37 in the manual to set up multi-gigabit Internet with Internet port aggregation.
Thanks
DarrenM
Found the root cause.
Within my Ethernet controller adapter settings, I found "cFosSpeed for faster Internet connections (NDIS 6) and had it disabled. As soon as I disabled it, I could get my full 2.5 GB speed. This was the root cause for my bottleneck keeping the connection at 1GB.
Glad you got it working. Please mark your thread as solved so others will know. Be sure to save off a back up configuration to file for safe keeping. Saves time if a reset is needed.
https://kb.netgear.com/24231/How-do-I-back-up-the-router-configuration-settings-on-my-Nighthawk-router
Enjoy. 📡
