RAX45 Slow Speeds

Downgrading worked. My speeds cranked up - Even more interesting - Simply tilting those little signal arms in the direction of the doorway dramatically increased speeds in my living room.

Couple observations here:

1. Why doesn't Netgear test their firmware updates? How often does this happen? Where is the transparency? I work in software - I am sure someone is aware of this happening. Here's an idea - If the firmware doesnt' work, don't release it. Or don't force it on your clients until you know it has been tested on the select few who opt to be the crash test dummies because they are technically-minded.

2. Why is it so hard to downgrade firmware? Surely they can make this mobile app friendly - As opposed to the web browser nightmare that I just experienced. My mom could not have done that if her life depends on it - What's she supposed to do? Just have **bleep**ty internet forever?

3. I had to literally reset my router from scratch. The Admin login stopped working, too. I had just used it on the routerlogin site. I didn't just forget it.

4. After setting up my router, it was about to FORCE ME to upgrade my firmware to the latest version again. Thankfully I could force quit my mobile app and the setup had already occurred. Back to mom - How on earth does she not get stuck in this endless loop?

None of this is intuitive at all. I really appreciate your help Plemans - Without it I would be super pissed and would have forced the return at Costco to be quite honest.