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  1. Mako88

    RT-AC66U limits wired speed to 55mbps down despite cable upgrade to 100mbps down...

    I managed to isolate the issue, it was the lame Killer E2200 NIC in my MSI X99 board. That nonsense marketing tripe company's driver was throttling the bandwidth. Replaced it with the matching Qualcomm chip driver, and voila, full 98mbps down and 15mbps up now. All good. :)
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    RT-AC66U limits wired speed to 55mbps down despite cable upgrade to 100mbps down...

    UPDATE: Just tested the wireless 5.0GHz via a few devices in the house for kicks and they hit 95mbps down, 12mbps up, which is where it should be. So it's something in the way the wired WAN communicates with my PC that's throttling it to a max of 55-59mbps. The PC is Win 7, X99 MB, nothing...
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    RT-AC66U limits wired speed to 55mbps down despite cable upgrade to 100mbps down...

    Strange one, have used my AC66U and kept the firmware updated for two years now and always had good speed that matched my cable internet package (55mbps down). Just upgraded to 100mbps down however, and tested the speed connected from the cable modem directly to the PC and it hit 100mbps...
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