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Armor slows internet speed drastically
HI, I just installed the Netgear Armor on my RBK50 router. I noticed the internet seemed to slow a lot. I ran on speed test on a few connected devices and got ~10Mbps consistently. I have a 150 Mb...
Hi erock82 . No change in speed at my end. Performance impact was also on my mind prior to activating Armor. Perhaps others will chime in and give us their feedback. One thing I would suggest is to de-activate Armor and run the same apps speed tests; and immediately reactivate Armor and run the same speed tests again.
Hi again erock82 . I just ran another test, this playing a YouTube 4K video. While the video is running, you can click on stats for nerds and get the actual speed of your connection; and I see no deterioration whatsoever. How many devices do you have connected to your Orbi at the same time while running the tests you ran?
Hi Orbi-Roc. Thanks for the advince. I tried the youtube test and got ~60 Mbps, still ~90 less than what I'm paying for. I ran the google speed test too and got ~40 Mbps. I did notice sometimes I can get the up 50 Mbps with armor. But it's usually ~10Mbps. I'll try deactiving armor and see if I get the 150 Mbps. The weird thing is that the speed test in the Orbi App will always show 150 Mbps. I'll run other speed test before and after with the 10 Mbps results.
It also seems like I'm getting more lag on my devices too since installing armor...
That's interesting. At my end, Ookla, Orbi app and YouTube, are all report the same, give or take. As for devices, installing Bitdefender Total Security on individual devices will definitely have some performance impact. I've installed Total Security on two Windows computers, a laptop and a desktop, due to the increased vulnerability of Win devices. But I do not intend to install Total Security on Mac OS and iOS devices. Good luck with your next tests!