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Richie-IT
Apr 29, 2022Tutor
Netgear Nighthawk R8000 - Limited Internet speeds and connection drops
I have been using the Nighthawk R8000 with no complaints until a few months ago. The main issues were pages not being displayed. DNS not being found and internet connection drops. The Setup - ...
FURRYe38
Apr 29, 2022Guru - Experienced User
I can confirm that if you traffic meter enabled, it slows the bandwidth speeds on my R8000. Disabling it brings speeds back to spec on a 1Gb ISP service.
In regards to DNS issues, I did see DNS issues on recent version of FW. I didn't test with IPv6 as my ISP doesn't support IPv6. So I can give feedback on this. However v.62 and v.68 versions of FW for the R8000 don't have or exhibit the DNS issue.
Richie-IT wrote:
I have been using the Nighthawk R8000 with no complaints until a few months ago.
The main issues were pages not being displayed. DNS not being found and internet connection drops.
The Setup - Virgin media (Hub in modem mode) => Nighthawk router (DHCP and all network protocols ran from this) => develo boxes as wireless access points.
Example of issue.......Click a link from facebook or most social media. 75% of the time the page shows ok.
25% - Page cannot be displayed (Usually DNS not found sometimes internet not available) Leave the page for a second or 2 and it will auto refresh and display the page. Sometimes the css styling isnt there though and it needs another refresh.
Up until recently I had 200mbps broadband and speedtests showed full speeds. I have just upgraded to 500mbps but my nighthawk only shows 250mbps speeds.
I put the virgin hub in router mode, connect my laptop to it with ethernet and I get 561mbps.
Swap back to the nighthawk and I get 250mbps again with the intermittent issues.
I have another property (Sons Flat) with the same setup and he is having the same issues.
So if I run the network through the virgin hub all is fine, Run it through the nighthawk and it has issues.
Can anyone help as I really dont want to purchase more routers when this has been fine for years.
Thanks