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Enable Protection Engine option
Hi , Can someone explain what is the "Protection Engine" that i found in web management of my RAX50 Router ? It seems not related with Armor. Connect with cable and with this option enabled the pi...
I've been noticing a significant speed drop recently with my V1 RAX50, and I just found this previously-nonexistant option as well. On initial connection to the router, speeds (as reported by Windows 11) are 1700+ kbps, quickly dropping to 100-something. Every device seems to be having the same issue, though most devices won't display this depth. Pinging the router with the protection enabled gave me the exact same results as OP. Disabling the option also gave me the exact same 1 ms ping as OP, but the extremely slow network speed persisted. Netgear is the same company that intentionally dropped the Arlo recording bitrate to force customers to upgrade to a newer product, so I suspect this is a combination of that, and them testing new (not flushed out) features on products that they don't mind ruining. Or almost want to ruin. Granted, it could just be an inadequately tested firmware, but my personal experience with Netgear makes me lean to something more intentional/reckless.
- What are your firmware version?
I had same behavior 1 or 2 times while I was testing different options.
A simple restart solved all problemsGood morning/afternoon everyone,
I have so much to say about this, I don't know where to begin. I guess I need to start with apologizing to Charter Spectrum. They've been out here four times in the past month (once each week) because of the ticket submissions I had for packet loss. I used to have absolutely 0%, very stable connection (1Gbps/50Mbps). Over the course of the past few weeks, I've had them run numerous new coax cables (from the road to my house, from the side of the house to the modem, etc.) and even provide a new modem and got this month's bill free. None of us could figure out where this was coming from since it seemed to be out of nowhere.
Tonight, I found our culprit.
Why in the hell would Netgear think it would be acceptable in any capacity to silently deploy a "feature" called, "Protection Engine" to residential customers across the world? Especially knowing the adverse side-effects? I understand Security comes before Performance in business, commercial, and enterprise environments... but I mean, hey, it'd be nice to be notified at the very least?
Thanks and good luck everyone. I'll update this post later today with before/after screenshots. It's currently 3:30AM, I need to get some sleep. Also, for what it's worth:
- Router Model: Nighthawk RAX41
- Firmware Version: V1.0.16.132_2.0.92
Let us know results of disabling this feature on your router.
What is the Mfr and model# of the Internet Service Providers modem/ONT the NG router is connected too?
Iocalhost wrote:
Good morning/afternoon everyone,
I have so much to say about this, I don't know where to begin. I guess I need to start with apologizing to Charter Spectrum. They've been out here four times in the past month (once each week) because of the ticket submissions I had for packet loss. I used to have absolutely 0%, very stable connection (1Gbps/50Mbps). Over the course of the past few weeks, I've had them run numerous new coax cables (from the road to my house, from the side of the house to the modem, etc.) and even provide a new modem and got this month's bill free. None of us could figure out where this was coming from since it seemed to be out of nowhere.
Tonight, I found our culprit.
Why in the hell would Netgear think it would be acceptable in any capacity to silently deploy a "feature" called, "Protection Engine" to residential customers across the world? Especially knowing the adverse side-effects? I understand Security comes before Performance in business, commercial, and enterprise environments... but I mean, hey, it'd be nice to be notified at the very least?
Thanks and good luck everyone. I'll update this post later today with before/after screenshots. It's currently 3:30AM, I need to get some sleep. Also, for what it's worth:
- Router Model: Nighthawk RAX41
- Firmware Version: V1.0.16.132_2.0.92
