Circle limits the speed of gig router by more than half.

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I have fiber coming to my house so my internet speeds run 950Mbps download at the modem, into the router and to my computer via wifi UNTIL I enable Circle Parental controls. My speeds immediately sink to 250 Mbps! I disable parental controls and it goes right back up to 950Mbps. I turn on parental controls and it immediately falls to 2/3rds of what it was before. This is the second of these routers that I have bought because Netgear support told me the first new one was bad and it shouldn’t limit it like that. Well, the second one does the same thing. It is a software problem. Why bother putting parental controls on an expensive gig router if you can’t use it?!

DexterJB · Answer

Hi Darundo, this is currently being worked by engineering. I am closely monitoring the progress of the case and will provide an update once available.

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plemans · Answer

You're not the only one in the forums that have had issues with circle reducing your speeds. Some have had luck with turning off ivp6 and rebooting the router. and more than 1 router has reports of the issue.

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Circle-Smart-Parental-Controls/R7000P-Circle-Performance-Issues/m-p/1429172#M7323

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Circle-Smart-Parental-Controls/R7000-Disney-Circle-Internet-speeds-through-router-slowdown/td-p/1451484/page/2

seabass0118 · Answer

I can confirm having terrible internet speed being my orbi to the point of my fiber-to-the-house gigabit service reports full 1k speed at the modem, but ip calling app suggesting that my network is bad enough to be inadequate for normal VoIP when alone in the house... Ridiculous!!!

DexterJB · Answer

Hi seabass0118, are you having a similar issue wherein you experience slower Internet speed when the Circle feature is enabled? If yes, the case is currently being worked on and has been reported to the engineering team. We will provide an update as soon as it is available.

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Darundo · Answer

DexterJB&nbsp;wrote:Hi seabass0118, are you having a similar issue wherein you experience slower Internet speed when the Circle feature is enabled? If yes, the case is currently being worked on and has been reported to the engineering team. We will provide an update as soon as it is available.&nbsp;Dexter&nbsp;Hi Dexter,&nbsp;Following up on this - is there somewhere where we can track the status of this issue or can an update be provided?&nbsp;Thanks

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Circle limits the speed of gig router by more than half.

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