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TonyTorzido
Aug 17, 2022Aspirant
NightHawk R6400v2 has insanely slow Steam download speeds, but fine when connected to modem
I have been having issues with this for 2 years now. I finally decided to try to fix it AGAIN, and no luck. I had tried different firmware version, called Xfinity to see if it was an issue on their e...
plemans
Aug 17, 2022Guru - Experienced User
did you factory reset? After the reset, make sure to leave qos, access control, traffic monitoring, and qos all disabled.
Make sure not to reinstall from a backup (in case those settings were ever enabled with it)
TonyTorzido
Aug 17, 2022Aspirant
I have factory reset it multiple times and have zero back ups. I have also tried disabling all the things you listed in different combinations. No luck.
- plemansAug 17, 2022Guru - Experienced User
what device are you testing on?
Does any other device have issues?
- TonyTorzidoAug 18, 2022Aspirant
I have tested this on my PC and my wife's PC. Only devices I use Steam on. Downloads from most other websites or apps are way faster.
Wifi works perfectly fine.
- wcalifasAug 18, 2022Prodigy
If you've tried several firmwares from Netgear and are ready to give up on that router you could always try third party firmware from DD-WRT. I see on the website it is supported but you have to read the instructions to upload the firmware to dd-wrt and download the files there on their website. It's free by the way.