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Network Monitor Not accurate
Network Monitor is not showing how much internet each device is using accurately. I would do a speed test or watch a 4k video on my pc and it says my pc is using 0.002 download which has to be wrong. However, when I stream at a 4500 bitrate it shows correctly that im using 4.5 mbps upload. Im on the latest firmware.
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This is definately a bug. Could I ask what kind of internet connection settings you're using? PPPoE? Static? This might have some bearing on wether the bug occurs.
where do i find that out
- You can find that in Settings > Internet Setup. When you look at the Network Monitor is it just before you start the video? It could be that when you're looking at it, it has buffered some of the video.
- I’m experiencing the same issue with my XR450 that I just purchased.
I tried the system reboot and it seemed to work for about 5mins, but then went back to displaying decimal points as my Mbps speed.
I ran the speed test and my speed is shown as 989Mbps, but when playing COD or streaming it shows 0.25Mbps being used.- That is about right as gaming barely uses any bandwidth at all.
- I understand that, however I really tried testing this so I played 4K videos on my Desktop, my TV, and my laptop while gaming and streaming music simultaneously. The highest total download speed displayed on the network monitoring was 0.80Mbps being used. Obviously this has to be an error or bug being displayed.
When using speedtest.net, it shows that I have 989Mbps, but the network monitor only shows 120Mbps during that testing window.
