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Mris's avatar
Mris
Guide
Jan 16, 2017
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Bandwidth monitoring by device

I am hoping to find a router that can offer this. This an example of what I would like to see: http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-howto/32970-how-to-choose-the-best-router-qos -- particularly the screenshots entitled "NETGEAR Dynamic QoS devices view":

  NETGEAR QoS devices view

and "NETGEAR Dynamic QoS bandwidth use over time":

  NETGEAR QoS bandwidth use over time

 

I asked this of two different support technicians from NETGEAR. The one I spoke to yesteday said that the R6400 and R7000 and all higher model numbers offer this. So, I went out and purchased the R6400 and set it up, but I can't figure out how to get this information from Genie.

 

So I spoke to another support technician from NETGEAR today, and he informed me that no NETGEAR products offer this feature.

 

Does anyone know if this is true? Is this really not available built-in to any NETGEAR router?

Genie
  • DexterJB's avatar
    DexterJB
    Jan 19, 2017

    Hi Mris,

     

    The R7000 does not yet support Dynamic QoS. I will be reporting the article for some correction. We recommend the R7500v2.

     

    Regards,

     

    Dexter

    Community Team

11 Replies

  • Mris's avatar
    Mris
    Guide
    Jan 16, 2017

    I also suspect this may be part of all NETGEAR Routers that offer Dynamic QoS, but I don't have a way to confirm whether that is true.

    • DexterJB's avatar
      DexterJB
      NETGEAR Moderator
      Jan 17, 2017

      Hi Mris,

       

      Yes, you are correct that those features are available on NETGEAR routers that support Dynamic QoS.

       

      Regards,

       

      Dexter

      Community Team

      • Mris's avatar
        Mris
        Guide
        Jan 18, 2017

        Thanks, Dexter.

         

        I went to http://kb.netgear.com/25598/How-do-I-configure-the-Dynamic-QoS-feature-on-my-Nighthawk-router to get a list of routers that offer Dynamic QoS:

         routers.PNG

        I went out and returned the R6400 and bought the R7000, from this list, and I've set that up.

         

        But, per the instructions on this page, I went to the BASIC Home page, and I don't see Dynamic QoS:

        settings.PNG

        I looked around the interface to see if it was somewhere else, but I can't find it. Can you (or someone) tell me how to find this setting?

         

  • makinworks's avatar
    makinworks
    Aspirant
    May 06, 2017
    Also is it possible that Spectrum -TWC will bottleneck a customers bandwidth?

    I am asking everyone i know because it is strange that the day i told them 'no i do not want to pay for $5 a month WiFi service on the modem.

    Speed test after is extremely truncated compared to the blazing fast speeds we had on the wifi cable using their modem

    Now we use the modem lan to the netgear router and it acts slower. Why is this?
    Makes me think they are bottlenecking my service because this router i have should be fast enough? Right?