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navsonline
Feb 19, 2020Aspirant
EX7000 Access Point Mode To Nighthawk X6 working at 100 mbps
Hello Everyone, I have a Nighthawk X6 R8000 router connected over Cat5e cable to a EX700|AC1900 extender. The cable from the router terminates on a Cat5e compatible patch panel and I am using another...
- Feb 26, 2020
Hi navsonline, what is the firmware version of the router and the extender? Does the issue persist if you have the extender directly connected to the router and not through the patch? Have you tried using another port on the router or another cable? Do your other Gigabit capable wired devices get the expected throughput from the router (with white LED)?
Dexter
DexterJB
Feb 26, 2020NETGEAR Moderator
Hi navsonline, what is the firmware version of the router and the extender? Does the issue persist if you have the extender directly connected to the router and not through the patch? Have you tried using another port on the router or another cable? Do your other Gigabit capable wired devices get the expected throughput from the router (with white LED)?
Dexter
- navsonlineFeb 26, 2020AspirantHi dexter
I had to re crimp the cable at both ends to resolve the problem. The cable was 10 years old (put in when the house was built) and had a bad crimp. Recrimping jumped the speed to 1 Gig speeds. - DexterJBFeb 28, 2020NETGEAR Moderator