Night hawk MR80 Only laptop connected slow.

[ITCruiser]

Wanted to share something that was happening to me and see if anyone else had thoughts on why.  My new laptop was getting really slow internet speed (3-5Mbps where is should be 200+ Mbps) via my NighthawkTri-band Mesh WiFi 6 System (MK83 / MR80).  Other devices wired and wireless connected at full speed.  Tried many things troubleshooting.  Finally connected to the guest network and it connected fast. Went back to main wifi connection and it was slow again.  The nighthawk app listed 58 devices.  I removed a bunch dropping below 50 and now my laptop speed is fine???

[FURRYe38]

Netgear has set up a community forum specifically for the NightHawk MESH products. Most of the people who watch that forum are more likely to have experience with NH MESH products and know how to work it better than those of us who follow this router forum. Might be more likely to find someone who has a solution if the question is posted there:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-Mesh-System/bd-p/en-home-nighthawk-mesh-system

Please use this link to the main forum product list to review and choose where to make your posts. 
https://community.netgear.com/t5/NETGEAR-Forum/ct-p/en-netgear

Thank you.

[nielsvds]

In the manual it is stated that only 50 - 70 nodes can be connected but all depends by the total network traffic (available bandwith). A guest network is always seperate so that is normal that you get full speed. You can find it at page 128: https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/MK83/MK83_UM_EN.pdf

[FURRYe38]

Any progress on this? 

What Firmware version is currently loaded?
What is the Mfr and model# of the Internet Service Providers modem/ONT the NG router is connected too?

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@ITCruiser wrote:

Wanted to share something that was happening to me and see if anyone else had thoughts on why.  My new laptop was getting really slow internet speed (3-5Mbps where is should be 200+ Mbps) via my NighthawkTri-band Mesh WiFi 6 System (MK83 / MR80).  Other devices wired and wireless connected at full speed.  Tried many things troubleshooting.  Finally connected to the guest network and it connected fast. Went back to main wifi connection and it was slow again.  The nighthawk app listed 58 devices.  I removed a bunch dropping below 50 and now my laptop speed is fine???

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