I installed my new Nighthawk RAX43 as replacement for my old Sitecom router and for for some reason it is much slower than the old one. Even though it is placed at the same location (tried a few other location too.) The Netgear dashboard tells me the speed of the router is very good. (I assume he tests the speed between the router and my cable modem.)
Went to sit next to the router with my mobile and did a speedtest and it was barely 13Mb/s... (My old router had 98Mb/s in comparison) What could it be? (Is Armor maybe slowing everything down?)
Had to re-install the old modem for now...I hope anyone has an idea on how to proceed...
1. Via the Nighthawk Dasboard. But i think it measures only the wired connection between the router and my modem for always give the same high result where I go.
2. Speedtest available webpage of my ISP
3. tool "speedtest.net". to have last independent measurement. The last 2 confirmed the same low speeds.
(Lastly i started a download of a game via steam. This normally goes at 10MB/s-12Mb/s and now did not even reach 1 MB/s)
I connect mainly via the 2.4Ghz band but have tried everything also 5 Ghz band hoping that would work better but same results.
I do not know the firmware of my (cable) modem. It is a rented device from my ISP. I assume they keep it up to date but do not know that. For the Netgear router I have of course started with updating to the last available firmware together with the installation.
To exclude environmental factors i did the last speedtests via my mobile phone, holding it very close to the router but it confirmed the same values...
