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igniparra's avatar
igniparra
Aspirant
Apr 13, 2021

Low Speeds even on gigabit ethernet

Hi Guys!

I have just now got around and threw a cable to my pc. I get 1gbps link speed with no problems.
But Speedtest on the router is throwing around 500mbps, and I get half on my pc with the same test.
I've already checked that nothing else is chugging broadband.
I've tried disabling DynamicQoS (Although it's the reason why I got this router in the first place) and it changes nothing.

 

Running Firmware Version V1.0.4.68_10.1.75

 

I've tried downgrading as another post recomends, but it didn't help (and it's very dangerous)

 

I'll be looking forward to your ideas, sucks that Netgear doesn't provide even email support for such expensive routers.

 

Thanks for reading!

1 Reply

  • plemans's avatar
    plemans
    Guru - Experienced User
    Apr 14, 2021

    What modem are you connected to? 

    Qos isn't recommend at speeds >250mbps. 

    Try disabling qos, traffic monitoring, access controls, and parental controls. Then reboot the router. 

    If that doesn't help, try a factory reset of the router and speedtest it with everything installed with defaults

     

    Also, the built in speedtest from netgear isn't accurate at >500 mbps speeds because it rarely picks the fastest test server. I recommend doing it through the browser on your pc/laptop thats capable of maxing out gigabit speeds