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Nighthawk X6 R8000 Slow performance
I recently started having terrible performance out of my r8000 w/ buffering, pages not loading, and slow internet speeds. I upgraded to the latest fw: V1.0.3.48_1.1.33 & reset the router to factory s...
I did not have traffic metering enabled so that wasn't an issue, I went & disabled QOS. I then ran a speed test and got a lousy 0.78mbDn / 11.92mbUP, now I'm getting pissed, you can see how close I am to my router, there it is in the background. Then I remembered to reboot the router & got a sweet 235.63mbDn / 10.21mbUp. I ran a few tests w/ different browsers all getting over 225mbDn. I believe that was the issue it's much better now. Thanks for the help!!!
Your Internet service is almost fast enough that QoS starts to become more of a hindrance than a help. That is because QoS can be a CPU intensive activity for the router, which doesn't have anywhere close to the CPU power of a computer.
Try turning QoS off. If you enabled traffic metering, then turn that off, too. Both features disable hardware acceleration in the router. You'll need to reboot the router after disabling these features.
I did not have traffic metering enabled so that wasn't an issue, I went & disabled QOS. I then ran a speed test and got a lousy 0.78mbDn / 11.92mbUP, now I'm getting pissed, you can see how close I am to my router, there it is in the background. Then I remembered to reboot the router & got a sweet 235.63mbDn / 10.21mbUp. I ran a few tests w/ different browsers all getting over 225mbDn. I believe that was the issue it's much better now. Thanks for the help!!!