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Dude, I'm sorry to hear. I greatly appreciate you hanging around these forums and giving me a hand.

That seems to be what I'm reading as well. Like I said reading reviews of all the newish tech in routers they all seem to have one issue or another. Every brand had its share of d.o.a. units. Shame i got one. At least this asus unit works correctly out of box. Can't remember now if it was an asus or tp-link review of wifi connection issues dropping out but I hope it don't start dropping out after a month. Only time will tell. Still If netgear has a fix I'll try it, at least up until I send it back.

hmmmm. well.... straight out of box the ax88u works as intended. 953 compared to 106. There's got to be something wrong w xr300. Very expensive weekend for me but at least everyone can enjoy the evening and sunday. That really sucks tho. Of all the reviews I have read/watched I was excited at what the netgear products offered. Unless i get sent a test sample from netgear (yea right) to change my opinion, I prob wont reach toward another netgear product for a while. Granted the netgear modem i just bought as well seems to be doing fine. Idk, really disappointed in my exp tho. I would have let everyone laugh at me if i had same issue w ax88u, but with my little exp and a gut feeling, I knew I bought a dud w the xr300. If this thread helps anyone searching in the future, I'd bypass the xr300 at least until the firmware/hardware whatever the issue was gets fixed. I mean really, how disappointing was it to run into this problem, and on the firmware download section reading (launched w low wan/lan throughput).

Thanks for everything Zippy. I'll be back w AX88u in a bit. If it plugs and plays w no issues It sure is going to leave a bad taste in mouth for nighthawk products. Also if someone chimes in w idea i'll try it before opening package. I only connected 2 devices so far. Hardwired pc and wifi phone. I also tried manually setting speeds already. I really wish i had a better experience because the the control the dumaos gives was intriguing. The asus software seems pretty strong sounding as well. I guess its all in the marketing but I'll try a few and who knows i may just make a review video if it is a stark difference in user experience. I sure as heck read through reviews and watched videos. If this thread or anything helps someone else make a decision then good its out there. also i hate it when i read through a thread and it ends without knowing if problem is fixed or not, so i def update for future readers. If net duma responds w ideas I'll try those before sending it back as well. I got 27 more days w it so i'll give them a chance too.

major differnces between ac and ax? I think after I eat im heading to microcenter. Both ax88u and ac5300 are in stock. Knowing what im connecting to it, should i come back w ax88 or ac5300? I know its my choice but obviously you know more than i do so if it were you?

cloning mac of pc, is it just as easy as clicking "use computer mac address" in dumaos? yes during install it did show considerably less speed. 300 or less. i have tried a few different cables, all cat5e. If i unplug xr300 and use same cable from modem to pc i get full 970+Mbps. switching back to xr300 right back to 108Mbps. I would take that to believe the cables are fine. speed only decreases through xr300. also im throwing asus gt-ac5300 into mix. has 8 lan ports, triband, seems like i wouldn't need upgrade for a while. Only $20 more than ax88u. Man everything is always "for $20 more theres a better option" Got 30 days for amazon refund. Really want everything setup asap. family is getting internet withdraws. as well as I'll be busy w work again for a week so time to troubleshoot is limited. I can have ac5300 here tomorrow. Not to mention what is in stock at the local microcenter. I need working internet for everyone and at this point and i'll throw whatever amount of money at it within reason. I'll return what i don't need. Its kinda been a waste of time at this point. Of all the positive youtube reviews on nighthawk products i would have thought the experience would have been a whole lot better. What did the reviewers get prime samples?, paid in goods from manufacturer? I feel like their marketing dept really got me. I'm game for any other ideas I can try. I feel like i just got a dud. Seems from reading around here there's a lot of those.

settings are 1000m/full. tried another cable w/ no luck. now im not the greatest at this, is there an easy way to find old mac address? and how to change it in xr300? I already returned rented equip. Zippy you've seemed to have exp w a few different routers. As I'm reading seems every brand has it pro's and con, problems and fixes. I just don't want to try another router and keep running into one manufacturer issues after another. I also don't want to buy more than what i need. Another model that sounds interesting is the ax88u from acer. To give more info as to what i need and would like, Most of the systems people regularly game on are wired, but all the tv's tablets, phones are wifi. So i need some of both, but do like or find an interesting concept of what asus and netgear do for gaming in prioritizing especially when the other half of the house is streaming tv. The ax88u seems to have a ton of wired connections for future as well as run the wifi. Only other options are slightly more expensive and tp-link doesn't seem to offer any game oriented prioritizing from what i gather. Is it that important? Will i notice a difference? I chose the xr300 because for the devices that were going to be wifi it should do just fine and as of now i dont need 8 lan ports but can always add a switch later if i need more. Kinda feel like i should have just done a little more research on problems from model to model and so on, but if I didn't run into a problem myself i guess I would have had no reason to. Idk, unless i can get this worked out through weekend, next one I'm gonna try is the ax88u unless someone chimes in and says its full of issues too. Why are there so many options

Thanks for response Zippy. Yea I gave up and went to bed too. I did try reset the other night as well. Now that I'm back at the same point i figured I'd make a post and ask for help. You don't recommend xr500? I was also looking into the tp-link ac5400 or asus ac5300? Trying to stay under $300, those are at that limit. I know a netgear site prob wont recommend another brand but what are opinions on those routers?

So reading through the release notes for the firmware versions, this thing launched with slow wan/lan ports? Why wasn't that in the product description? I'm not feeling like the problem has been fixed either. Does that mean the incoming signal from modem is being slowed down through the ports causing the slow wifi, ethernet, everything? I've been reading through threads for days. It really shouldn't be this difficult. the initial impressions are kinda lacking. It honestly shouldn't have been sold at all if its this broken out of the box. Wondering if I would have had same issues with xr500 or if i should go w another brand altogether? Serves me right for trying to stay on a budget. (please let someone respond with a magic setting that will just make it work)

I just recently upgraded to the gig speed internet from xfinity. I also purchased a new modem and the xr300 router to replace the rental unit. Modem is a cm1200. With a wired ethernet connection to modem i get mid to high 900'sMbps. Connected through xr300 still wired i get 116 best, most 90 range. Using app on phone both 2.4 and 5g i get 230-280 range. (all this is download speed). Seriously, faster wifi than wired? I read the article in the knowledge base and the settings were what was recommended. Firmware version is 1.0.3.34. Not sure where to go from here other than returning unit. Hopefully someone will respond and its just a wrong setting. I can play just fine wired to modem but im sure everyone else in house wants to play too. Also yes all Qos settings are off. Not sure what other info someone would need. I just really want to see the speeds I'm getting through modem to the router.