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coolwifi
Luminary
Jan 02, 2026

RS500 router - Internet feels much faster with IPV6 disabled?

Any insights why my internet and general browsing feels much faster with IPv6 disabled in the router. My ISP is Xfinity and it provides native Ipv6 support with DHCPv6-PD. The same has been my observ...
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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Jan 02, 2026

Tried custom IPv6 DNS to see if there is a difference? 

Also there is beta FW available I believe for the RS500...

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    coolwifi
    Luminary
    Jan 02, 2026

    Tried with custom ipv6 DNS, there's no difference. Will try the beta FW, but not sure if that will help with the dual stack ipv4 and ipv6 performance.

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      FURRYe38
      Guru - Experienced User
      Jan 02, 2026

      Let us know the results.