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G_Becker
Aug 19, 2018Aspirant
NightHawk x10 r9000 bottlenecking internet/ Getting only about 14% of full internet speed!
When running and testing wired setups:
I am getting the following speed results when I run my router between the Cable Modem and PC:
DownLoad: 13.7 mbps
UpLoad: 11.3 mbps
When I run the speed test within the Router Software the router reports the following:
DownLoad: 117.27 mbps
UpLoad: 11.84 mbps
If I hook the PC directly up to the Cable Modem I get:
DownLoad: 93.7 mbps
UpLoad: 11.8 mbps
I am paying my ISP for 100/10 service.
Can anyone tell me what to try to do to get the router to stop reducing my internet speed?
I appreciate your reply to my issue. I apologize for my delay in responding but I have been away from my computer for the past four days. I will not be responding to your information request as my question is now longer applicable.
I discovered that I had an extended warranty with the store from which the Router was originally purchased. They exchanged my router for a new router of the same model. The new router suffered the same issues as the old one. However, since it was a new router the NetGear website popped-up and wanted it registered. I registered the new router and started at once to take advantage of the 90 days of free technical support offered by NetGear on their newly purchased products. After many hours on the phone the NetGear their “EXPERTS” determined that the router must be defective and should be returned to them for replacement. I, of course, returned it to the store that sold it to me but this time opted for the refund rather than the replacement. So like so many of the other cases I have read in the NetGear community pages this case ends with as final solution of “I get rid of the NetGear product!”.
15 Replies
- michaelkenwardGuru - Experienced User
What firmware version do you have on the device?
A number is more useful than "the latest". (It may not be by the time people read this.) There can also be newer versions, or "hot fixes", that do not show up if you check for new firmware in the browser interface.Tried turning off QoS and the traffic meter?
What is the modem in front of this router?
- G_BeckerAspirant
Why dodn't my replies post?
- schumakuGuru - Experienced UserWhy don't you reply to Michaels very few questios? All are perfectly valid. You talk to members of the ommunity here, Netgear does not chime in on every post.
- michaelkenwardGuru - Experienced User
G_Becker wrote:
Why dodn't my replies post?
What do you mean? You have written answers that vanished?
If you want answers to questions, try supplying the information that Netgear suggests in this forum's header:
Subject (Include model number and brief summary)
Model (Recommended - Helps the community give the best answers)
Body (Include additional detail including model version, firmware, OS and environment where relevant.)Answers here can only be as good as the information you provide.
- G_BeckerAspirant
Yes, have written answers that vanished! 6 or 8 of them... the "Why dodn't my replies post?" was sent from my father's computer not my home computer.