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travelton
Aspirant
Nov 19, 2015
Solved

R8500 Slow Wifi v1.0.0.56_1.0.28

Trying to troubleshoot slow wifi speeds. Anyone experience trouble with the latest firmware update?    Speedtest hardwired:   Speedtest wireless [2.4Ghz & 5Ghz show about the same speed] (fro...
R8500
Troubleshooting
  • travelton's avatar
    travelton
    Jan 04, 2016

    Indeed my router was replaced, however, this didn't solve the problem. A beta firmware ultimately resolved the problem. 

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travelton
Aspirant
Nov 19, 2015

I've actually further isolated this to the 2G wifi band only. Connection to the 5G is extremely fast. 

 

5G connection speed:

 

Contacted support... Suggested downgrading to v1.0.0.52_1.0.26. This had no affect.

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    doraemon
    Prodigy
    Nov 19, 2015

    I'm replacing my old router right now.

    I will check this too! 

    • travelton's avatar
      travelton
      Aspirant
      Nov 19, 2015

      doraemon Ooo! Do let me know what your 2.4Ghz speed clocks in at. And what version firmware is your R8500 running?

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        doraemon
        Prodigy
        Nov 19, 2015

        I'm getting <1Mbps though my 5Ghz is pretty fine.

        I have tried hard reset after updating to the latest firmware.

        Tried changing channels as well.