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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...
Yes is true Armor slowing down download and upload speed. Not speed tests like Ookla. Real world usage with file download or upload to FTP or WEB very slow.
With Armor on 500Mbit internet line :
Speedtest.net 450-480 Mbit ???? (Maybe Armor not inspecting speedtest urls?)
File download from FTP: 20-70Mbit
File download from WEB: 30-80Mbit
Without Armor :
Speedtest.net 450-480Mbit
File download from FTP: 250 -350Mbit
File download from WEB: 300-450Mbit
We have more servers, all have 1Gbit internet connection.
I disabled Armor. The most routers with packet inspection for 500Mbit -1Gbit running on 10-40 core processors, not on ARM 4 core (800mhz) technology from 2014. This router is not powerful enough for packet inspections. Armor on home routers is only a Joke.