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R6700v3 New Firmware Slow Speeds
Hi. I have a Netgear 6700v3 connected to a Netgear CM600 modem. I pay for 300Mbps download and 30Mbps upload. I usually get 300-340Mbps download during speed tests. I noticed recently that I was...
I have the same problem, when I downgraded the firmware to 1.0.3.66 it solved the problem. This seems like a problem that NETGEAR should definitely fix and issue an update for. I paid good money for this router and it is only fair that I get my full internet speeds with it. It really bugs me, I'm an update freak, I like to have all of my software as up-to-date as possible. NETGEAR please fix this, I have always loved NETGEAR,
Have a new Netgear R6700v3 router. Set up using the suggested Netgear Nighthawk App, and allowed the Nighthawk App to upgrade from factory firmware to the latest 1.0.4.82 firmware. On a Charter Spectrum Cable Modem with Spectrum's Internet Extra Plan (400Mbps download, 20 Mbps upload) I was only seeing up to 250Mbps download speeds, but upload speeds seemed around 20Mbps.
After reading the problems many people were having in this thread about this R6700v3 router with Slow Speeds and recent firmware, I downloaded the older firmware version 1.0.3.66, as was suggested, and I am now receiving near 370Mbps downloads and faster uploads around 23Mbps as well. I believe the problem may be due to the Netgear Armor software support which was added in later firmware, as the router may be having to do extra processing for each data packet as part of Netgear Armor.
Regardless of the cause, the problem is now fixed by applying the older 1.0.3.66 firmware.
Thanks for the tip! Appreciate it. Hope this will help someone else having similar slow download speed problems with this router.