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R6100-Ethernet Connected Speeds Way Down with WiFi on...Up with WiFi Off !?
R6100-Latest Firmware- Greetings....! New to the forum. Long but detailed read....and thank you for your responses in advance. I have had this R6100 for almost 2 years and all of a sudden...... I s...
Hi @3rdtimer,
Their network activity using their own connection will not affect your network. However, if they were using your wireless connection as the source then that is the time where it may slow down your network.
Regards,
Dexter
Community Team
Hi @3rdtimer,
It is strange that it does it a specific time of the day. Try changing the password for your Wi-Fi. It is possible that someone may be connecting at that time and slowing down your connection. If it behaves the same way, you may try the reflash, reset and reconfigure route.
Regards,
Dexter
Community Team
Dexter....Thanks for the comeback. I just reset the R6100 back to factory default SSID and password. We will see. I am in a single family home and there is nobody around me within range of the R6100 that has or had the password or knows how to hack into it. Stay tuned. I will let you know one way or the other.
DexterJB wrote:Hi @3rdtimer,
It is strange that it does it a specific time of the day. Try changing the password for your Wi-Fi. It is possible that someone may be connecting at that time and slowing down your connection. If it behaves the same way, you may try the reflash, reset and reconfigure route.
Regards,
Dexter
Community Team
Hi @3rdtimer,
Please keep us posted.
Regards,
Dexter
Community Team
I did a factory reset of my R6100, left everything at default. I had no speed issues as described in my original post. Then I changed the factory SSID and password to a completly new one of my own......again, no speed issues as described in my original post......so far.
Help me understand something here; If somebody was hacking my WiFi or just downloading a movie next door legitimately using their WiFi, how could that effect my speeds on my Ethernet LAN connection to the web via the R6100? Is there something common in the circuitry design of the R6100 that would do that? Seems like the one WAN and four LAN RJ45 jacks would be nothing more than pass-thru circuits. I was going to power off the R6100 and see if that were true but then I realized I couldn't send this message. :smileyfrustrated: Should I try that and get back to you?
3rdtimer