[SOLVED] Not getting 1gig through my router, but modem yes

[marcoscoronelmedina]

i own 1gig up/down speeds but when i connect via Ethernet to my router 5ft away from my PC i get 350-450 up/down mbps, its a Netgear r800 connected to my modem via 50ft Cat7 ethernet. but when i connect my PC straight to my modem WITH THE SAME 50FT ETHERNET i get 850-950mbps. HELP PLZ

 

[bill001g]

Wipe the router with a factory reset and do a minimal configuration. Only set the passwords and configure the Wifi ssid and passwords.

Many routers to get high speed have a hardware offload feature that move the NAT function off the main cpu chip. If the traffic goes via the CPU many times you get rates similar to what you are seeing. Many times it is lower but you have a fairly fast cpu in that router.

By default the hardware assist is activated on most routers. The problem is to use almost any feature on the router other than simple nat the traffic must pass through the CPU. Things like firewall and QoS are common things but even simple utilization reports need the cpu to be able to see the traffic.

Pretty much you are going to have to give up a lot of features on the router to keep the speed up.

 

[jsmithepa]

^agree 100% with bill. That router got not enough horsepower, is sputtering at 350.