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kilthor
Aspirant
Apr 26, 2022

Nighthawk X6 R8000 Slow Internet Speed

Anybody else having issues with speed after the firmware upgrade to 1.0.4.84 that just came out??  I have 1GB internet speed and before the firmware upgrade speed test would show between 920mb and 96...
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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Apr 27, 2022

Be sure to not enable Traffic Meter. I this slowed speeds down.

kilthor wrote:

Anybody else having issues with speed after the firmware upgrade to 1.0.4.84 that just came out??  I have 1GB internet speed and before the firmware upgrade speed test would show between 920mb and 960mb download speed.  After the upgrade it now shows 230mb-250mb.  All advanced features such as QOS, parental controls static routes, etc....are all turned off.  Is this a known issue with the firmware?  I have plugged directly into the modem and I get the 900mb+ speed.