Following what I've read in this thread and others on this forum I got hold of a HG612 to take over as a modem in bridge mode paired with a Google WiFi router, which others seem to have done successfully. I'd seen some strange IP reservation behaviour and wanted to eliminate the second router.
I've flashed it with the unlocked firmware and left settings as the defaults, which looked like that would give me a bridge with no routing.
It works, but my download speeds have gone from c. 52 Mbps to c. 26 Mbps, which is obviously disappointing.
Have I missed something, or is this to be expected with the older hardware? Seems a lot when in theory the modem is capable of 80 Mbps.
ISP is EE, and I've been using their standard issue Smart Hub to date.
Thanks in advance.