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Tannman82
Nov 05, 2020Aspirant
R8000 circle enabled slow internet
I want to enable the circle app on the router to limit my kids internet usage. I can get everything working the problem is it take my 400mbps down to 100 on all devices wifi and land. I've seen other...
vic20
Jan 28, 2021Aspirant
I have the same problem. It's AWFUL. I have 1 Gbps service from Verizon, but when I enable Circle, it drops me down to 150 Mbps. For a router at this price point, that is completely unacceptable. So, I'm weighing my options, but currently looking at other routers. The two other's I've tried give great performance, but don't have Circle integration. So.... I'll probably return this, and get a much cheaper router with Circle integration and use that for my kid's devices, and hook that up in daisy-chain configuration to a real router that doesn't suffer from this nonsense so I can get the speeds I'm paying for.