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NetGear FVS 318N WAN throughput limited
I have read the other posts and also performed the recommended actions, but I am also experiencing limited throughput on my firewall. I recently upgraded my TWC to Spectrum Internet. The service conn...
The Netgear N450 router that my FVS 318N Firewall is connected to IS the cable modem.used by TWC (Spectrum). So, I cannot remove it. It has direct cable port (WAN side), wireless capability, and four 1GbE ports (LAN side). Also, I did connect my computer directly to a 1GbE NIC port on the Netgear N450 Cable Modem and ran speedtest.net (bypassing the FVS 318N firewall). I was able to consistently get 95-98Mbps download speed & 21-24Mbps upload speed. The N450 Cable Modem is reporting the NIC connection to the WAN port on the FVS 318N is configured as a 1-Gigabit Full Duplex connection. So, it
So, there appears to be an issue appears to be in issue within the FVS 318N Firewall.
I have one 318N on firmware version 4.0.1-67 and get 60+/25 on my 150/25 connection, and another 318N with a 60/5 connection and firmware version 4.3.0-19, I'm getting 60/3, and I suspect the 3 is because there's a lot of outgoing traffic from that site over vpn.
I would try disabling any extra filters and blocking and see if you can get more speed. Also, even the browser and system that you test on will make a difference. I got 55/24 on a windows 7 system and the 60/25 was on an xp system with the exact same browser. Even regular vs incognito mode made a 10Mbps difference.
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