We have a Nighthawk AX6 6-Stream AX5200 WIFI Router. The app tells me that we have speeds near 900 Mbps, but most of our devices and computers say that the internet speed is around 50-100 Mbps. The same occurs when my computer is directly next to the router. Additionally, I plugged an ethernet cable into the router and then into my computer and got similar speeds (50-100 Mbps). Is there some feature or setting on my router that I'm missing that is reducing the output speeds for downloading? I would like to be able to use the highspeeds that we are paying for without restriction. Please help.
The router is directly connect to the modem via ethernet cable.
I am testing speeds with the nighthawk app to see what the router speeds are, and then to check wireless speeds I have been google searching "internet speed test" and using that. I tried testing it with both an ethernet cable plugged into the router and my computer and then again over wireless with similar results (67Mbps using wifi with computer less than a foot away from router, 93.7 Mbps with ethernet cable plugged into router and computer; again, we get close to 1000 Mbps service, so I am confused why the ethernet cable to my computer does not provide this). Please help me understand and how to improve my speeds.
3. Are you testing over the 2.4ghz or 5ghz? 2.4ghz is a much slower network. You can disable smart connect and name the 2 networks different so you can test each.
Factory reset is achieved using a paper clip in the little hole, yeah? For like 5-10 seconds? Not just an "unplug it and plug it back in" kind of situation, right?
Yay! That helped. But even on the 5G WIFI connection, my computer gets around 300 Mbps and my wife's computer gets 500 Mbps. Which I suppose is great considering that the signal goes around a fireplace and through a wall, but still. Any suggestions/reasons why my computer is considerably slower with its connection? Any drivers I should be installing for my WIFI to be faster? Thanks for all of your help so far too.
what wireless card is in your computer and whats in your wifes?
A 1x1 antenna device isn't going to have the speed of a 2x2 device.
Also, distance and obstructions do cause issues with 5ghz as it doesn't broadcast as far or through as much material as 2.4ghz. But its much faster than 2.4ghz.
