Hey so I just changed to 1Gb speed with Xfinity and bought a new modem (Netgear AX5400) with better sq ft capability. I feel like I’m missing something here. I have my desktop direct connected to the ISP provided XB8 Modem and I get ≈950Mb download speed. If I direct connect to the router after bridging the modem I only get ≈80Mb download speed. Should I even be using a router? Why is it bottlenecking the speed so much even though it is 1Gb capable? The ISP provided modem can obviously act as a router but I thought disabling the router part of it and using a standalone router would have been better? Any assistance would be great.

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    1 year ago

    Yeah even when I bridged the modem it only helped with directed wired speeds by 10Mb. Is there a benefit to using the router?