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djtaktic
Sep 11, 2021Aspirant
Nighthawk cax30 Horrible speeds
I just bought a Nighthawk AX6 CAX30 because I wanted to improve my speeds at home. I use to have a Arris Modem and Nighthawk R7800 router and was getting speeds of at least 600mps consistently. Once ...
djtaktic
Sep 12, 2021Aspirant
Wired to my MacBook Air and went to Speedtest site and am getting 980mps…. When I connect my XBOX to the wireless 2.4g I am getting 100mps and when I connect it to 5g it is getting 200mps. My iPhone 12 is getting 640mps wireless the same distance away from the modem as the XBOX about 10 feet wireless and in the same room at the router/modem
plemans
Sep 12, 2021Guru - Experienced User
djtaktic wrote:
Wired to my MacBook Air and went to Speedtest site and am getting 980mps…. ---So you're getting full speed. When I connect my XBOX to the wireless 2.4g I am getting 100mps----pretty reasonable for 2.4ghz. and when I connect it to 5g it is getting 200mps.----could just be the xbox server. Like I said, xbox isn't always choosing the fastest server. And 200mbps will do anything you need on xbox. Streaming 4k only takes roughly 30-40mbps. My iPhone 12 is getting 640mps wireless the same distance away from the modem as the XBOX about 10 feet wireless and in the same room at the router/modem---so the router is putting out the needed speeds if the iphone s hitting 640mbps. It could just be the xbox testing server