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zrocweb
Nov 30, 2020Aspirant
Nighthawk R8500 Slow Speeds
Recently upgrade Fifos package from 300 to 500 and then from 500 to gig. R8500 slows down connection speeds up to if not more, by half of total ISP network bandwidth. I have the latest firmware on t...
plemans
Nov 30, 2020Guru - Experienced User
What modem/gateway are you using?
Since you updated firmware, have you ever factory reset and did a clean install (not from backup)?
I'd try that first. Just install with basic settings and test the speeds.
Make sure to leave qos, access control, traffic monitoring, and parental controls all disabled.
zrocweb
Nov 30, 2020Aspirant
Hey. Thanks for reply. I'm pretty sure I did, but will try again.