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Re: Nighthawk R7000 Slow wired speeds Verizon Fios
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Hello, having issues with wired download speeds with my R7000 Nighthawk on Verizon Fios. I removed the Fios gateway, and have the Nighthawk router connected to the WAN from the ONT. I have a Actiontec 2.0 MoCA adapter plugged into a LAN port for my TV connections. Everything is connected working as it should. I have the gigabit service with Fios. When my comp was connected to the Fios gateway directly, I was getting close to 750Mbps. Gateway router connection was close to 1Gbps.
I tested my connection through the Fios speed test, Router was getting 936Mbps, where it should be. But, with no gateway and just the Nighthawk, I am getting 150Mbps on my wired computer connected to the router through the same speed test. Over 5ghz WiFi, my phone can get up to 220Mbps download speeds. Not sure why my wired connection through the Nighthawk is so slow. Thanks for any assistance.
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I did a reset of the ONT. No dice, still had slow speeds. So I did a factory reset on the Nighthawk. After comgin back up, I was going through all the settings and lo and behold, the IPv6 setting was disabled. I set it to auto-detect and after updating (showing as 6to4 tunnel), I am now getting close to gigabit d/l and u/l. No idea how or why it was disabled, but that was the problem.
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Re: Nighthawk R7000 Slow wired speeds Verizon Fios
Some more info on my setup:
QoS is turned off, WMM is on.
Firmware: V1.0.9.64_10.2.64
Connected on Port 4: Status 1000M/Full
Onboard ethernet adapter: Intel I211 Gigabit Status: 1.0Gbps Full Duplex (EEE Active)
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Re: Nighthawk R7000 Slow wired speeds Verizon Fios
the .64 firmware for the R7000 has been having plenty of issues if you search the forums. Best results with it was for people to do a reset before firmware upgrade and after the upgrade.
did it ever work at full speeds for you?
If it did but hasn't since the update, I'd recommend downgrading a version or 2 to see if that helps. Make sure to do it over a hardwired connection and do a factory reset afterward. The .42 firmware has been the one getting the most solid reviews for the R7000
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Re: Nighthawk R7000 Slow wired speeds Verizon Fios
which version of firmware? The .60 and .62 rate about the same.
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Re: Nighthawk R7000 Slow wired speeds Verizon Fios
If you pull up the R7000 page, down at the bottom of the downloads is + view previous verions. Thats where it'll be.
https://www.netgear.com/support/product/r7000.aspx
Make sure to do a reset after the downgrade.
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Re: Nighthawk R7000 Slow wired speeds Verizon Fios
Well, did a dowgrade to the .42 firmware. No dice. Still slow download speeds coming from the Nighthawk. Tested both firmware versions with the Fios speed test, router itself was at 930Mbps with both firmware versions, don't think it's the firmware. My comp download speeds were between 150-200 Mbps. Not sure what to try next. Is it possible there is something wrong with the router not being able to allow the high speeds?
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Re: Nighthawk R7000 Slow wired speeds Verizon Fios
Just a suggestion in case you have not already done so. Power down both your R7000 and your ONT. Power up the ONT and give it plenty of time to restart and stabilize. Restart your R7000 and let it go through the boot process. Check your speeds.
The ONT may have some settings specific to the Fios gateway. A call to Fios tech support may help.
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I did a reset of the ONT. No dice, still had slow speeds. So I did a factory reset on the Nighthawk. After comgin back up, I was going through all the settings and lo and behold, the IPv6 setting was disabled. I set it to auto-detect and after updating (showing as 6to4 tunnel), I am now getting close to gigabit d/l and u/l. No idea how or why it was disabled, but that was the problem.
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