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EX8000 Speed Drop to 3MBS
My EX8000 has been working well for 2 years, but sudddenly the WiFi speed has dropped from 200+mbs to 2mbs. This has occurred on all WiFi bands. I have done several reboots as well as a hard reset....
Yes you can download older versons of the firmware and install it manually. I'd recommend doing it over a hardwired connect. The .224 version is the one I'd recommend. I haven't seen much issues on it.
I have the Netgear Nighthawk R6900 router. I did a firmware update to 2.26.10.0.45. Ever since then, my WiFi speeds dropped to a fraction of what they should be and I was getting intermittent connections. I tested the LAN speeds and they were fine so it was isolated to just the WiFi.
I just downgraded the firmware to the previous version 2.16.10.0.42. My speeds are back to what they used to be.
You're using a different model but my guess is Netgear introduced a bug into their latest release. Shame on them! I was considering buying a new router. I'm glad I tried this fix before throwing away over $200 on a new one. In the future, I will not be buying Netgear products since they have a habit of releasing crappy software.
I just downgraded the firmware to the previous version 2.16.10.0.42. My speeds are back to what they used to be.
You're using a different model but my guess is Netgear introduced a bug into their latest release. Shame on them! I was considering buying a new router. I'm glad I tried this fix before throwing away over $200 on a new one. In the future, I will not be buying Netgear products since they have a habit of releasing crappy software.