NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.

Forum Discussion

AnthonyL's avatar
AnthonyL
Aspirant
Nov 24, 2019
Solved

Nighthawk X6 R8000 slow after Firmware update to 1.0.4.46

Long story short, Firmware version 1.0.4.46 reduced throughput on my Netgear Router by half! Rolling back to 1.0.4.28_10.1.54 resolved the issue.   Long story.  I was experiencing slow internet con...
  • myersw's avatar
    myersw
    Nov 24, 2019
    plemans wrote:

    Hopefully they're working on a fix. 

    Oh you wishful thinker. When was the last time Netgear released a firmware that actually fixed things? Not in the last year according to my experiences. 

plemans's avatar
plemans
Guru - Experienced User
Nov 24, 2019

I've read of several people having issues with the newest firmware on the R8000. Most have been resolved with the downgrade to a version getting rid of armor. Hopefully they're working on a fix. 

myersw's avatar
myersw
Master
Nov 24, 2019
plemans wrote:

Hopefully they're working on a fix. 

Oh you wishful thinker. When was the last time Netgear released a firmware that actually fixed things? Not in the last year according to my experiences.