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RS700S not delivering 1.5Gbps
I recently upgraded my modem and router so I could add more devices and get higher speeds. I purchased the Netgear Nighthawk CM2000 cable modem and the Nighthawk RS700S Wifi 7 router. According to th...
stanfrench wrote:1. Why are the download speeds so different when measured via the Nighthawk app vs. the stand-alone Speedtest app?
The Nighthawk app tests the speed to the WAN interface on the RS700. It completely ignores LAN-side/your local network
2. Does the Nighthawk app measure the download speed coming into the router and the Speedtest app the speed at the device (Macbook, iPad, iPhone, etc.)?
Correct. The Nighthawk app is measuring Internet > WAN, the speedtest app is testing Internet > WAN > WLAN > device
3. If the Speedtest app measures the speed at the device, why is it so much less than the speed coming into the router as measured by the Nighthawk app?
Is the device connected wirelessly? Depending on the capabilities of the device and it's physical link speed to the RS700, then there's every chance that's where your bottleneck is. In the app, you'll see the Wi-Fi link speed by tapping into the device in question on the device list. As a v.rough rule of thumb, reduce this link speed by ~40% or so to give you an idea of what actual speedtest throughput to expect.
4. What can I do to enable the devices to show speeds that are actually above 1,000Mbps (or 0.977 Gbps)?
Depends on your findings from above really. Potentiall move closer to the RS700, upgrade to a more capable client device, or use a wire (but make sure it's connected to a 2.5GbE+ LAN port).
Thank you for your reply and input. After more checking, I was able to determine that some of my devices just aren't capable to receive more than 1 Gbps (my iPhone 14, 2022 Macbook Pro M2 and 2017 iMac). However, my iPad Pro M2 can; it supports 6E.
So I did as you suggested and moved it to within a few feet of the RS700 and it clocked 1,011 Mbps, the first time over the 970 mark. It's still a big gap though to the incoming speed of 1,652 Mbps.
With your help, questions 1, 2 and 4 so now I focus on 3; getting the device to receive speeds closer to what is coming into the router. I'll look into your suggestion under that and let you know what happens.
Thanks again!