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kaitech
Aug 20, 2017Aspirant
Netgear R8500 WAN Bandwidth Issue
I have an R8500 router running V1.0.2.100_1.0.82 and my ISP provides 500/50Mb. I get 530/50 when my PC is connected directly to the modem, but when going through the router (wired using exact same ca...
- Aug 20, 2017
Solved the issue. Had to disable dynamic QoS...
Odd, after enabling dynamic QoS, the built in speedtest function would show half the bandwidth too. That pretty much defeats the purpose, because it always under values the available badnwidth.I guess I'll be running without QoS in that case. Netgear needs to fix this...
kaitech
Aug 20, 2017Aspirant
Solved the issue. Had to disable dynamic QoS...
Odd, after enabling dynamic QoS, the built in speedtest function would show half the bandwidth too. That pretty much defeats the purpose, because it always under values the available badnwidth.
I guess I'll be running without QoS in that case. Netgear needs to fix this...
- michaelkenwardAug 20, 2017Guru - Experienced User
kaitech wrote:Solved the issue. Had to disable dynamic QoS...
Well done, that was going to be a suggestion. You are not the first to discover this.
I chip in only to suggest that you might like to mark your problem, as solved. That might help someone who turns up here with a similar issue.
- michaelkenwardAug 20, 2017Guru - Experienced UserThanks.