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RAX200
Dec 09, 2024Aspirant
Traffic Meter impacting performance
Being curious about the amount of traffic the router handles I decided to switch on the Traffic Meter of my RAX200 router. My download speed measured with Ookla speedtest normally sits around 900. Wi...
plemans
Dec 09, 2024Guru - Experienced User
What firmware version are you on?
The traffic meter did impact performance on the older R series of routers but the RAX200 has a pretty rock solid process that should have the ability to manage the traffic meter
RAX200
Dec 09, 2024Aspirant
Firmware v1.0.10.140
No updates available it says.
No updates available it says.
- plemansDec 10, 2024Guru - Experienced User
but with it disabled, speeds are fine?
I'd probably just leave it disabled. I haven't found it that useful as the data usage never matches what my isp reports.- michaelkenwardDec 10, 2024Guru - Experienced User
The meter does seem to have problems differentiating between network and Internet traffic.
Just another user with time on their hands.