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AudiTuner
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Oct 12, 2015
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R8500 slow upload speeds (v1.0.0.50_1.0.25)

Have tried the R8500 v1.0.0.50_1.0.25 firmware multiple times but end up downgrading back to v1.0.0.42_1.0.23 each time since uploads are incredibly slow on v1.0.0.50_1.0.25 (~.2mbps instead of ~12mb...
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  • ElaineM's avatar
    ElaineM
    Nov 06, 2015

    Hello All,

     

    I would like to let you all know that NETGEAR engineers released a new firmware (1.0.0.52) that addresses slow WAN speed issue.

    Kindly upgrade your routers and let us know if you are still having the same concern.

     

    Regards,

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Rushn
Aspirant
Nov 05, 2015

Hey Mr Netgear! That's a heckuva bug. Same story, same solution: Remove the USB3.0 External 1Tb SSD harddrive. Upload speed went from <0.1 back up to ISP's 4.0+ Mbps speed. Of interest, there were no changes to my setup. Upload speed one day just went to near zero. Ran thru in-house system checks (cold boots, is it a broken ethernet cord?) and 55 mins with live person at ISP helpdesk. Never occurred to us that a NAS device could tank one vital aspect of this supposedly beefy router.

ElaineM's avatar
ElaineM
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Nov 06, 2015

Hello All,

 

I would like to let you all know that NETGEAR engineers released a new firmware (1.0.0.52) that addresses slow WAN speed issue.

Kindly upgrade your routers and let us know if you are still having the same concern.

 

Regards,