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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...
I noticed on my XR500 that if I set the download and Upload excactly to what I have, 300 down and 20 up, my speeds measured are lower, i.e 275 down and 19 up as per speedtest. If I set the download to 400 and upload to 25 in the Duma software, I get 356 down and 24 up. Consistently. Is somewhat strange I thought, but these are my findings. And I went back and forth numerous times. Just my 2 cents.
Hi Lynx, that likely means that you have higher than you think as a router can not give you higher speeds that your ISP provides. So if you set it to 356 down and 24 up then at 100% on Anti-Bufferbloat you should also achieve that speed.
Thank you, I tried that but my speeds are still slower for some reason. I get the maximum speed by increasing it past that 356 down and 24 up. It is strange. And this is hardwired in from my ISP router to XR500 to S8000 (uplink and port #1 set to gaming preset) and then to my PC. If I go straight from my ISP router to my PC I get 356 down and 24 up.
- If you go straight from XR500 to PC bypassing the S8000 do you get the expected speeds then?
When I take the xr500 out of the mix, I get 356 Down and 24 Up. If I take the S8000 out, and go straight from ISP router to XR500 to PC the speeds are reduced. The XR500 for some reason is not calibrated correctly. If I input 356 and 24 my speeds are reduced. But this is just my experience. I don't know if anybody else is experiencing this. I just wanted people to be aware that this is happening. I don't know if my unit is faulty, It seems to work perfect now I have everything set up. Just an observation.