Wi-Fi faster than ethernet

[pxlla]

My ISP is Spectrum in Los Angeles. Previously, my CBR40 worked fine, however I noticed that the speed for downloading is now at 90Mbps when connected to Ethernet and 475Mps when connected to Wi-Fi.  I tried a re-boot, a new cable and also plugging into a different port and still. have the same speed afterward. I wouldn't mind so much, but I have a switch connected and don't want to see the devices plugged in there to suffer the speed slow-down. Is there anything I can try?

[plemans]

Are you connecting through the switch with what device you're testing on?

Have you tried testing a different device connected directly to the router? 

[pxlla]

Thanks for the great suggestion, I tried once again with the following devices:

• Original test - M1 Mac mini / 90/24 connected directly via 2 foot cable to CBR40. (475 via Wi-Fi)
• 2017 15" Macbook - I had to use a USB-C dongle with an ethernet port 60/24 (165 via Wi-Fi)
• iPad Pro - using the same dongle 95/24 (475 via Wi-Fi)
• LG TV connected to a switch (25' ethernet cable run from the switch to the router) 52/22, (50 via Wi-Fi, same room as router)

[plemans]

Have you tried swapping around the ports on the cbr40?

What speeds do the satellites get? 

[pxlla]

I don't have any satellites, but I did try testing from different ports, the speed was very much the same via different devices. It's interesting that it caps out around the 90 range.

[plemans]

What do you see under the statistics page? 

How do I display Internet port statistics on my Nighthawk router? | Answer | NETGEAR Support

[pxlla]

Show Statistics

System Up Time 20:09:57

Port Status TxPkts RxPkts Collisions Tx B/s Rx B/s Up Time WAN Link Up 5813816 32642459 0 49160 56465 20:09:04 LAN1 Link Down 10692462 2523044 0 1487 7951 -- LAN2 1000M/Full 20:09:04 LAN3 1000M/Full 20:09:04 LAN4 Link Down -- 2.4G WLAN b/g/n 192M 421649 17999 0 1888 37 20:08:14 5G WLAN a/n/ac 867M 10885454 3302412 0 8983 15937 20:08:14 WLAN Backhual 867M 0 0 0 0 0 20:08:00

[FURRYe38]

What Firmware version is currently loaded?

[pxlla]

It's running: V2.5.0.24_1.0.8

[plemans]

what lan port are you plugged into?

[pxlla]

Hi there, I went to look in the settings, and found this but the field is blank. I've been using Wi-Fi since, but when connected via cable to the CBR40 I used the first of the four ports. (Though I tested on others.) I hope this info helps, not sure where else to look.

Hardware Version	CBR40
Orbi Firmware Version	V2.5.0.24_1.0.8
CM Firmware Version	V1.01.06
CM Serial Number	5AK2917FA171F
CM Certificate	Installed
CM MAC Address	10:0C:6B:6E:AC:60
LAN Port
MAC Address	10:0C:6B:6E:AC:66
IP Address	192.168.1.1
DHCP	On

[plemans]

Do the wan statistics page when a device is plugged into the port

[pxlla]

Here's the WAN info from the statistics:

Port	Status	TxPkts	RxPkts	Collisions	Tx B/s	Rx B/s	Up Time
WAN	Link Up	6544968	34828567	0	46315	10472	22:35:19

[plemans]

Get the whole wan/lan. Trying to find out what the lan is showing up connected at while a device is plugged in. 

[pxlla]

Thanks for being so patient, this is all new to me!

[FURRYe38]

What ever is pluged into LAN port 1 is only connecting at 100Mpbs and not at 1000Mpbs. 

[plemans]

try replacing the cable with at least a cat 6 cable. And try it on different ports to see if its related to the port. 

[pxlla]

Thanks for your help, I checked that I'm using a CAT6 cable and also tried different ports. Still the same.

[plemans]

when you switch ports, does the other port switch to 100mbps connection? 

do any devices connect at gigabit speeds under the statistics page?