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Nighthawk X6 R8000: Slow performance trough WAN ports. Approx 250-300mbps MAX
Hi All, I just upgraded my internet from 100mbps (cable) to 1gbps (glassfiber). I also got a new router with all the fiber materials. It works good, and i get approx 920mbps. However, when try to...
It wasn't until recently that the cpu's on consumer devices are getting powerful enough to do traffic inspection and pass the traffic at full speeds. And even though the R8000 seems pretty new and fancy, its actually a 4 year old device. In the world of arm processors, 4 years was quite a bit of advancement.
plemans damn.... I triple checked it and found traffic monitoring was indeed still enabled. I disabled and it broke the internet connection. After a few reboots it now working again and i get now get approx 910mbps down so thank you!
I'm however still a little bit disapointed that a +$ 200,- router looses 70% of its WAN bandwith if any options are activated...
I hope the speed stays a solid 900mbps!
It wasn't until recently that the cpu's on consumer devices are getting powerful enough to do traffic inspection and pass the traffic at full speeds. And even though the R8000 seems pretty new and fancy, its actually a 4 year old device. In the world of arm processors, 4 years was quite a bit of advancement.
- Glad to hear you got the speeds back though!