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Netgear Nighthawk XR500 slow speeds
We recently purchased a XR500 and after setting it up with the aid of he only video currently available on youtube (Thank you Sim) we are now finding that our 2 hardlined devices are seriously not...
Hi Misskitty, first set your bandwidth to what you're supposed to get. Then set Anti-Bufferbloat to 'Never'. Reset distribution on Bandwidth Allocation for both download & upload. Also make sure share excess for both download & upload on Bandwidth Allocation are ticked. Then remove/disable anything in Traffic Prioritization.
Then for an accurate test make sure to do a wired speed test from a PC from speedtest.net (console tests are often inaccurate). If you don't get your full speeds after that then disable QoS completely within Anti-Bufferbloat's settings.
Then for an accurate test make sure to do a wired speed test from a PC from speedtest.net (console tests are often inaccurate). If you don't get your full speeds after that then disable QoS completely within Anti-Bufferbloat's settings.
I followed your instructions and I see no change in my computer but it may just be that it is old and on it's last legs, my cell phone tested at 293mbps so I think that is pretty great :). I did test the xbox, I know it is not accurate but well curiosity kills the cat everytime, and it showed 188mbps. So my question is this, when I was in the QoS and selecting never on the antibloat it advised it could slow dow my gaming queue, but will it cause lag while I am in game? My husband is a COD player and that is the sole reason we bought this router, so of course I want this to run as it should for him :)
- Okay great! So how the QoS solution works is that by lowering your download/upload (which lowers your speeds) it allows all the devices in your home room to use the internet without lagging/buffering. Here's what I suggest:
Set Anti-Bufferbloat to 'When High Priority Traffic Detected' and then set the download/upload sliders to 70%. In Traffic Prioritization enable DumaOS Classified Games.
What this means is that you will get your full speeds when your husband isn't playing his Xbox. Then when he starts to play Traffic Prioritization will kick in automatically, prioritizing his gaming so that he gets the best possible ping. That will then set off your Anti-Bufferbloat to ensure that no one in your home experiences any lag/buffering (you will get slightly slower speeds). This way everything is automatic and everyone is happy.ok I have done those settings and I'm sending him off to play to see how it performs :) Do you change anything in the bandwidth allocation wheel? or leave everything evenly distributed?
- That's just the QoS feature, you can also use the Geo-Filter for his gaming to ensure he gets the closest server possible and thus a better ping as well. I would recommend doing the tours for both QoS & Geo-Filter to get to grips with how they work. You can start them by clicking the ? icon next to their titles in the menu bar beside the logos.
You can leave Bandwidth Allocation as it is as it will automatically give bandwidth to the devices that need it the most.