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RS200 speed slows to half after a day or two
I had an Asus router that was having a problem where I'd have to reboot it every week or it would start having up to 40% packet loss. Really weird and annoying, so I replaced it last week with an RS2...
Where are you testing the speeds? Wifi speeds do vary depending upon neighboring wifi interference. How are your wired speeds?
Do you see the slow down from a close by wifi device?
I haven't tested the wired speeds yet since I'm focused on why the wifi speeds get slower after a couple of days and immediately get better after a reboot. The slowness occurs no matter how close I am to the router. I could be standing right next to it and I'd see roughly half the normal speed. Then if I reboot the router, normal speeds return for a day or two. It could be some wireless interference and perhaps a difference in channels being selected after a reboot, but it would be good to figure it out. Using a wifi analyzer while at the device that is furthest from my router, my wifi radio is 20dB hotter than the next most powerful radio.
Is the speed test done in the 5 or 6 Ghz band SSID? What channels are you using in these bands? Try using a manual least congested channel 36-48 or 149-161 with a 80 Mhz bandwidth (speed up to 2.9 Gbps) in the 5 Ghz band.
5 GHz. Because I'm a dummy and didn't pay enough attention, I got the RS200 which is only dual band and doesn't have 6 GHz. My own mistake there and I'm kicking myself for it.
The currently selected mode is "Up to 5.8 GHz". Are you saying I should manually select a channel and then drop that setting down to the "up to 2.9" setting?