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RAX120 - poor WiFi speeds
Hello There, I purchased my RAX120 on April 22. I replaced a R8500. The Wifi speeds are horrible. Can anyone suggest some diagnostics test or suggestions to trouble shoot this issue. My entir...
- Do a factory reset after updating, and did you turn on Bitdefender Armor? I and many others here get great speeds so it could be that the reset will help (its advised on big updates really) and failing that it may be settings or at worst hardware.
Another thing to try if you get poor WiFi speeds with Nighthawk routers is to toggle QoS off and on, or on and off, hitting "apply" each time. No idea why that works, but sometimes it works for me.
The QoS on the RAX120 is a hot mess tbh. Its only on the upstream and it makes the connection worse. At this price point and standard of router I expected better tbh that a rule based QoS that came with the old R7000.
Killhippie wrote:The QoS on the RAX120 is a hot mess tbh. Its only on the upstream and it makes the connection worse. At this price point and standard of router I expected better tbh that a rule based QoS that came with the old R7000.
I didn't use QoS on my old R7000 because they thing needed frequent reboots.
I don't use it now because honestly my internet connection is fast enough to simply not need it.