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I've been having some issues with my Nighthawk R7000 for quite some time. I've googled and read contless forums on the issue but have never found any solution which has worked for me.
The problem is that if i run a speedtest on my LAN connection i get descent speed (about 200 Mbit/s u/l and d/l on a 1 Gbit fiber connection. I maybe should get more, but I can't say the router is to blame in that case). However if I measure on the WiFi, I only get 20-25 Mbit/s on 5GHz and around 10 Mbit/s on 2.4GHz. This is when no1 else is streaming and when standing 3 metres from the router with full signal strength.
The router is placed so there should be low/no interference from surrounding equipment. I've reviewed channel traffic and made sure the router is broadcasting on channels which is used by noone else. I've made sure the antennas are correctly attached. I've performed a factory reset and re-configured the router, same issue. The currently installed f/w is V1.0.9.18_1.2.27. I've also disabled things like vpn, QoS and guestnet to make sure no services or configurations will conflict/interfere. I've disabled SmartConnect, same issue. I've disabled coexistence for 2.4 GHz, same issue.
Any ideas on how to solve this?
PS. I've done the speed measurement for my fiber connection using Bredbandskollen.se , which is the standard tool for measuring internet speeds in Sweden. The WLAN measurements was done using the same site on my Samsung Galaxy S7. DS.
I made a new factory reset after downgrading the firmware.
Now everything seem to run smooth. I tried some local streaming which did not funtion before and it works fine again.
I also did some speedtest on an old laptop, after the downgrade but prior to the latest factory reset, and it showed approx 50 Mbit/s. Not sure which wlan standard that old laptop supports, so 50 Mbit/s might be a descently good speed for it, considering it's old.
As I measure with my S7 it is consistantly at around 20 Mbit/s however, so my conclusion is that perhaps the S7 is not the best device to measure with since I can get a better speed on the old laptop. The low speed must be due to limitations or issues with the S7 rather than the WiFi itself at this point.
As of now I feel that everything is working "good enough" at least. So I see no reason at this point to continue troubleshooting.
100% CORRECT - its 1:40am and I have been at this for 5 hrs swapping access points out and i finally got 2.4G to go fast enough. Two things - upgrade to the 28 version firmware - and hard reset your Nighthawk 7000 - done. Just remember your SSIDs and set them back that way and disable the 20/40mHz coexistance. Thats it. I couldnt even use my wireless printers it got so bad. And we work from home so this is sooooo critical! thanks for the advice!!!
Model: R7000|Nighthawk AC1900 Dual Band WiFi Router
