Home 5G Internet slower on ethernet than wifi troubleshooting?
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I recently moved and am now using the 5G home internet through Verizon. I have the ARC-XCI55AX model and it initially seemed to be working great. When I attempted to download something though, I noticed that my speed was quite slow on my PC. I'm getting ~ 60 Mb/s on wifi (not amazing but good enough), but only ~4-6 Mb/s down on my ethernet. This is the same ethernet port on my PC I was using before my move and getting >100 Mb/s down, so I don't think it is likely a port issue unless it was damaged during the move. I have tried 3 different ethernet cords as well as both ports on the modem so I don't think it is a hardware issue. I also tried disabling IPv6 TCP Checksum Overload that I saw in other posts online.
I am unsure what else to try or what else could possibly cause this. Any suggestions as to what to try or what else to collect for diagnostics would be greatly appreciated!
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ESamLong, thanks for sharing those details. Based on what you did share, it sounds like the 5G Home is working via Wi-Fi with the PC. To get another detail, did you acquire the 5G Home after the move to your new residence, or did it move with you?
-John
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I came back from vacation to find my (separate) router not functioning from my cats knocking it off a stand. In any event, during my troubleshooting of that, Iโve discovered the very same thing: my Ethernet connections on the Verizon home unit are producing only download speeds of 5-9 Mbs while the wifi can do upwards of 190. Interestingly, the upload is unaffected at 15-18 Mbs (mostly). I agree this feels like a change as my entire network is run from the Ethernet port so I can use a wireless mesh to reach the corners of my house. Wondering if there was a recent update, but strangely, no date is offered on the firmware screen. My version is 222655.

