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Nighthawk X6 R8000 not getting gigabit speeds
Hi so I recently got a nighthawk router because i was upgrading my internet to gigabit speeds and I wanted to get the best experience for it but i havent been able to get close to 1 gigabite speeds. ...
FURRYe38 Reverting to older FW versions isn't a valid solution as important security updates aren't present and thus you are allowing vulnerabilities, I would definitely NOT recommend this to anyone.
Last FW update had a banner claiming the update contained CRITICAL security updates which is what I base my statement on.
Sure, it's a working workaround, but it reduces the security of the device which I wouldn't recommend.
Reverting back to older version is only temp solution until NG gets this fixed.
I just got a new R8000 in house and it came loaded with v62. I ran for days at to spec speeds on a 1Gb/50Mbs ISP service and saw over 900Mpbs on my wired PC. No Armor, Access Controls or Circle enabled. Just putting out there that this version seem to work well for me. it may help others.
Security is important however over all security issues that maybe seen are neglegable and are only seen IF and when someone or somethign nefarious is actually trying to do something nefarious. Not every day someone is trying to hack in your personal router.
I had not seen ANY issues with v62 loaded. Yes, security is important and users should run whats most current, however for these FW problems, reverting to some that works can be used. Up to users though.
User need to contact NG support and let them know what there seeing, if this is a FW issue, then NG needs to address it and fix it as we can't do anything about it here in the forums beyond troubleshooting:
https://my.netgear.com/support/contact.aspx
Good Luck.
Daggz wrote:
FURRYe38 Reverting to older FW versions isn't a valid solution as important security updates aren't present and thus you are allowing vulnerabilities, I would definitely NOT recommend this to anyone.
Last FW update had a banner claiming the update contained CRITICAL security updates which is what I base my statement on.
Sure, it's a working workaround, but it reduces the security of the device which I wouldn't recommend.