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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...
The problem was me. I was using the wrong port from the router. Once I connected the ethernet cable and 2.5GB adapter to the 10GB LAN port on the RS700 (instead of one of the four gigabit ports), I was able to receive 1,650 Mbps from all my devices via ethernet.
Now I just have to try and figure out my wireless speeds. My iPad Pro is the only 6E capable device I have (aside from Fire TV cube) and can only receive at a little over 1,000 Mbps when connected to the 6 GHz channel when I'm standing next to the router. The router is getting about 1,700 Mbps incoming, so i't not even 60% throughput. With my old RAX200 router, I got 75%-80% throughput, but incoming was only about 1,000 Mbps.
So, is it the RS700 router (setting, capabilities) or the iPad? That's where I am now.
How is the RS configured on it's basic and Advanced Wireless settings?
Channel configurations currently used?
Is Smart Connect enabled or disabled?
Is MIMO enabled under Advanced Wireless Settings?
I'm using 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz and 6 GHz channels. Guest is disabled. Smart connect is also disabled. MU-MIMO and OFDMA are both enabled.
I tried to disable OFDMA and just keep MU-MIMO but it's not possible. It seems Netgear only gives me the possibility to disable both MU-MIMO and OFDMA -or- disable just MU-MIMO but keep OFDMA. Disabling OFDMA and keeping MU-MIMO is not possible.
I attached a PDF of my basic and advanced wireless settings. Any suggestions on my settings?
What speeds are seen if you enabled Smart connect, leaving MIMO and OFDMA enabled?
MIMO I believe is needed to see faster speeds over wifi.
Try the following channels as well, 1 on 2.4Ghz, 40 on 5Ghz and 69(PSC) on 6Ghz.
Bingo! Changing the channel assignments from Auto to 1, 40 and 69(PSC) for 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz and 6GHz respectively did it. Thank you so much. I just ran a speed test and got 1,315 Mbps standing next to the router (incoming to the router was 1,630). 80% throughput works for me.
Apple suggests a single-name SSID (i.e., Smartconnect) but I'm reluctant to do that as I have a large coverage area and not sure how smart the connection really is. I'm glad I don't have to go to that step as it would involve a lot of device reconfiguring.
All is good now, thanks again.