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Constantly Seeing 1/10 of Expected Speeds on XB7 Via Ethernet
Hello, apparently I have stumped the technicians at Xfinity. I have the Xfinity XB7 Gateway with promising 1.2gbps speeds. I CONSISTANTLY receive exactly 1/10 of this (about 90-100 mbps) every time I perform a speed test. Before anyone asks, here are a few bullet points:
- I have witnessed 950gbps speeds before via my ethernet connection (which is what I would expect) so I know my hardware setup is capable. I replaced my current XB7, thinking it was the issue and immediately began receiving 900+ mbps speeds for a couple of hours. The next morning, I was back to 90-100mbps speeds.
- The computer I constantly test speeds with is a Windows 10 64 bit machine, connected straight to the orange port of the XB7 via a CAT5 ethernet cable – no switches! My NIC port is capable of Gigabit speeds.
- A Xfinity tech came out recently and replaced several Coax connections to reduce “noise”. This did not help.
- Another Xfinity tech tried to help me over the phone by changing setting on his end but was unsuccessful.
- On the Xfinity Home app, my XB7 Gate always sees more that 1gbps coming in so that is not a problem.
- I have fiber optic to my home and every room in the house has a dedicated ethernet run.
- My Wireless speeds are actually FASTER than my ethernet speeds. Getting about 300 mbps via Wifi when tested on my iPhone.
- Performed windows settings via the command prompt but nothing helped.
So, my questions are, why am I constantly seeing exactly 1/10 of what I should be? How is it that I have witnessed 900+ mbps speeds before but now I don’t, without anything changing? Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Jlavaseur
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3 years ago
So, i get that from time to time, make sure the ethernet cable is inserted ALL the way in the the ethernet port, at both ends of the cable, also i have had a ethernet cable go rogue on me, it alternated between 1400 Mbps and 100 Mbps, i replaced the cable and no issues, also you can look at the back of the Xb7, if the effected port has a amber light next to it instead of green, it is connecting at 100 Mbps...
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