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RBK852 - Slow download speeds with NZB's - QoS issue?
Hi There, I have been loving our Orbi RBK852 setup at home, great coverage and ease of use but I have been noticing some slow download speeds when using NZB files to download various types of fil...
Just wanted to add the resolution to this topic, it seems that the slow download speeds were on my end. I recently switched to windows 11 and it did not cross my mind, so after doing some research and some tests, I reinstalled the lan drivers on my desktop and all of an sudden, the speeds were capped.
Thanks for the help and hints.
My guess is that the Orbi router is not aware of, nor has a mechanism to control NZB downloads.
Much more likely that the combination of NZB downloader and UseNet provider are "doing the best they can."
https://www.cogipas.com/nzb-downloader/
https://www.cogipas.com/best-usenet-provider/
If there is a way to increase NZB download speed, my guess is that it will be found in UseNet forums rather than here.
The thing is that using the same usenet providers and nzb downloader with my pervious router caused no issues. I could easily reach almost the max speeds. I have of course also tried different providers and downloaders in combination with the Orbi and all have throttled speeds. To me, like you mentioned, it sounds like the Orbi is not detecting the high traffic created from the nzb downloaders as priority. So not sure how NZB or UseNet forums could help here.
Any other suggestions I could look at? I will in the mean time also stroll the NZB/UseNet forums.
Thanks
I updated the satellite and the router to the newest firmware versions but that didn't help, it even hurt its performance. The download speeds are even slower and the desktop is not able to hold the slowed down speeds for a long time. It ramps up to 25MB/s and drops to zero and repeat.
Tried restarting everything and played with some settings but nothing changed. This seems like the Orbi has trouble distributing the work/power correctly to each of the connected devices. I couldn't find anyway to prioritize a certain device, is that somehow possible?
