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EX6200 'Fastlane' Poor Throughput
New EX6200 w/ f/w upgraded out of the box to 1.0.3.68.1.1.104. Unit was extensively tested in 'standard' mode, repeatering on both 2.4 and 5Ghz; throughput was ok with some small decrease from th...
So exactly what f/w worked? I jumped through several hoops that the netgear 'techs' had me do, and it appeared for several hours after a factory reset to brick the unit, but leaving it overnight, it magically revived somewhat. 'Standard' repeater op works like it originally did, 20-30gb/s. Fastlane using 5ghz link and 2.4 devices works just a tad better than it was, but still limited to ~10-13mb/s - this far short of the 30mb/s that several 'test' reports from 'reputable' magazies wrote.
I believe the firmware which worked best full-speed FastLane for me the last half-year (have not tested the one from this week) is EX6200-V1.0.1.60_1.1.98_FW. I do not recall what special steps I may have done to "downgrade" (they may be something like reset-to-defaults, then downgrade, then reset-to-defaults again, then go through the setup).
I'll take a look at what it will take to do that, maybe I'll take the plunge and try the latest as well just for kicks, since although I may 'brick' the unit once again, I'm still well in the 30 days return from Amazon Prime.