NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
RAXE300 slow ReadySHARE USB SSD speeds
Hello,
just got the RAXE300 and generally i think that it is a great router and i like the WiFi 6E speeds. My PC is connected to the router (Intel AX210) with 2402/1922 (Mbps) speeds which is nice!
The only issue which i have with the router are the really slow ReadySHARE USB C speeds. I only get about 37mb/s write speeds from my PC to the drive over the network, which is really slow. My old router (Nighthawk XR500) got around 60mb/s.
I expected quite a lot better speeds from this router and that is why i chosen it, but instead it is even slower then a 5 years old hardware (XR500) even when it supposedly has superior hardware over that router.
I use the attached SSD to the router as a NAS so i expect it to have good speeds.
Any idea what the issue here is? Why are the USB speeds of the RAXE300 so slow? Is this a flawed design, a software issue or maybe just a configuration issue from my side
Thanks
9 Replies
what format is it in?
Have you tried a different usb device?
I don't have a RAXE300 but my RAXE500 gets around 80-100mbps on my usb based ssd. Its just a generic enclosure with a sata 2 drive from an old computer.
It is formatted with NTFS. I have tried with two different devices (SSD and HDD), with no change. With both USB devices I get above 60mb/s on the old XR500.
sorry, I don't have an RAXE300 to compare speeds with. I did find a review from Dongknows that had usb issues as well as it was only connecting at usb 2.0 speeds.
https://dongknows.com/netgear-nighthawk-raxe300-wi-fi-6e-router-review/
Could you share more details like,
1. What's your HDD/ SSD brand ?
2. What kind of connected interface it is? TypeC/ USB3.0/ HSB2.0 ?
3. When you transfer the file from PC to readyshare, did you also running other application or playing the games ?
My main USB SSD for storage is a Crucial X8 2TB drive. It is USB type C. I have tried two other USB drivers, one HDD and another SSD with the same result. So it is not a specific USB drive issue.
No, i did not run any other applications or games but that honestly does not matter. I am doing the exact same 1:1 scenarios as I used with the XR500 where i got over 60mb/s.
The interesting this is is that copying data to the PC from the readyshare drive, i get 90mb/s which is what i would expect.
Another thing is that when i change to the 6GHz network, even that the link speeds 2402/2402(Mbps) reported by windows look better then on the 5GHz network, the write speed drops to around 30mb/s which is even worse.
