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Gman66
Tutor
Feb 10, 2021

Netgear X6S EX8000 extender speed test is slow

I have a Netgear X6S EX8000 extender connected to a Netgear RAX120 router.  When I test my internet speed on the extender I get less than 200Mbps.  When i test the internet speed on the RAX120 router...
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Gman66
Tutor
Feb 11, 2021

I hardwire a pc/laptop to the extender and ran a speed test.  I was getting a speed of 400 to 500 Mbps. 

On the Extender, I changed the 5GHz WiFi Channel to 64(DFS) and now my Extender speed is almost the same as the Router speed. 

Thanks for the Help. 

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plemans
Guru - Experienced User
Feb 11, 2021

Glad it helped!