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bobalay's avatar
Aug 13, 2017
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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...
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    bobalay
    Aug 15, 2017

    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!!!