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R6250 wired speed slow
I have an R6250 router connected to a CM1000 modem on my Comcast service rated at 1200m. Directly connecting my pc to the modem I get 980m on speedtest. Connecting through the R6250 that drops to 3...
Factory reset the r6250.
During the reinstall, don't use a backup configuration.
Make sure to leave qos, access control, parental controls, and traffic monitoring all disabled.
Then speed test it.
It's running faster now. Here's what I did:
Turned off qos, site blocking, traffic monitoring.
Performed a backup.
Factory reset router.
Unplugged router after reset complete (probably not necessary, but I thought it would reset sync to modem)
Plugged in router
Did a bare minimum config.
Ran a test and speed was around 900.
Restored the backup.
Speed stayed good - on ipv4. On ipv6, it is still low (around 300) - i figure that's a comcast speedtest server issue.
It does bug me that those simple things (qos, traffic monitoring, etc) kills the speed so much - that shouldn't be happening. Maybe it's a restriction of an older router with substandard (by today's standards) processing power.
Thanks for your reply.
your close to right. on the lower end routers, when you turn on those features, it disables ctf which is needed for gigabit speeds. It places the burden on the cpu which is pretty low powered and unable to max out gigabit speeds while doing traffic inspection
That makes sense. Time to look for a replacement it seems. All the newer Netgears seem to have Armor installed - something else to chew up processing power. I know you can turn it off, but it still takes up memory that could be better used.
Any recommendations on a replacement that can do qos, traffice monitor and still do gigabit?
Thanks.