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R7000 Download speed on Gigabyte Internet
I have the Nighthawk R7000 AC1900. I had had this router for years, always worked great. I am on the firmware V1.0.6.28_1.1.83
I havent updated becasuse i didnt want to lose Arlo support. Also I have heard that updating kills the router and speeds. So I opted to not update.
I recently upgraded my internet to 1000Mbps Download speeds. This was upgraded from 600Mbps.
On the 600Mbps connection, I have had 0 problems, speeds are great and consistent, no hickups.
Now Since I have upgraded I can for an instant hit around 900Mpbs on wired PC, then the speeds constantly and drastically drop until the speedtest ends, for instance 900Mpbs drops down to 400Mbps and keeps dropping but the test ends so i dont know how far it actually goes down.
Why would this happen? On the modem from my ISP i do get close to 1000Mbps constant and consistent.
What could be the problem? Should I just upgrade my router, which I have wanted to do for a while now, but just havent wanted to spend the money.
Anyone have any suggestions?
Thank you guys!
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What modem do you have?
And what server are you speedtesting on? Thats kind of key as not all test servers can fully saturate gigabit connections.
Who's your isp? usually they have a test site you can test your speeds off that will get closer to saturating gigabit.
You can always save a backup configuraiton of your router and update it. If yours happens to have issues, you can always downgrade back down.
My modem is the one supplied from My ISP, Ziggo, in the netherlands. Its Docsis 3.1.
Im testing on the site and server for my ISP. Also using speedtest.net to test around here also. One is 3Km away from me in Vodafone which supplies the glass fiber internet here over 1000up and down speeds.
they all do the same thing.
Modem is the Connect Box which is the picture i am attaching.
That modem from ziggo is a modem router combo device. It can cause a double nat as it has its own integrated router functions. (based off your picture. without out a model number its tough to say 100%)
https://kb.netgear.com/30186/What-is-Double-NAT
dwhiting1985 wrote:I havent updated becasuse i didnt want to lose Arlo support. Also I have heard that updating kills the router and speeds. So I opted to not update.
........Should I just upgrade my router, which I have wanted to do for a while now, but just havent wanted to spend the money.
Anyone have any suggestions?
Thank you guys!
First point, not everyone's router is either killed or loses speed updating firmware. I'm on Full Fibre to the Premises but not on the crazy speeds you're getting lol! Still, I'm on 150mb download, 30 up and I get the full whack. The speeds you're quoting that you get, just cost far too much money in my neck of the woods. I understand you want to keep Arlo support, so I get it why you wouldn't want to upgrade. Not sure how Netgear address the issue of security patches for the firmware you're running though.Last point, you've answered your own question. I'm going to upgrade to WiFi 6 router, not sure Netgear will be on my shopping list though, plenty of worthy competition out there.
Have you powered OFF both ISP modem and router for 1 minute then back ON. Factory reset the router and setup from scratch. Don't enable any Armor, Traffic Meter or Access Controls and run a speed test from a wired PC soon after the router is set up?
"Re: R7000 Download speed on Gigabyte Internet
What is the results if you use the ISP modem in router mode and configure the router for AP mode?
