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AddToCartED
Aspirant
Jan 21, 2021

R6700v3 firmware after 1.0.3.66 slows download speeds by a lot.

I have the Nighthawk r6700v3. At firmware version v1.0.3.66 my download speeds are what they should be at which is 450mbps down avg. When I update the firmware to v1.0.4.78 the download speeds are cu...
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plemans
Guru - Experienced User
Jan 21, 2021

When you change firmware, do you factory reset and do a clean install? (not installing from backup)

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    AddToCartED
    Aspirant
    Jan 21, 2021

    I'll give that a shot. I did a factory reset when I acquired the router and did the auto update and noticed the reduced speeds. So I went to the download support site and downloaded all the versions and installed the chk going backwards. But I did not factory reset each time.