I have never seen such a slow USB connection. I have a brand new USB 3.0 5TB external drive and it transfers no faster that 30Mbps. It is has been formatted and diskched (no errors) and since it is new and has like 5 files on it, it is not in need of defragging. WTH?
Since I posted this I have been digging into the forum and it seems this is a known and on-going issue that goes back 2-3 years. Netgear seems to be taking a 'it sucks to be you' approach, which is very disapointing as other that the dismal USB 1.0 speed I am getting outof my USB 3.0 port, I am very well pleased with the other features of the router.
Sadly, it seems to be a known issue that NetGear could care less about. I quit using the USB entirely as it is unworkable at the USB 1.0 speed it offers.
I agree in theory, but there are no firmware updates for my router and in reading though the multile years worth of complaints of extremely poor USB speeds, I have not found one yet that was resolved. It seems to be more of a "feature" than a "bug."
I have a new external USB 3 SSD, and when I connect it directly to my computer's USB 3 connection, it transfers files with a read speed of 125 Mbps, and a write speed of 74 Mbps. When I connect this same drive to the router USB port, it reads at 30 Mbps and writes at 26 Mbps.
I've also posted a thread where I'm experiencing very slow upload of photos from a USB 3.0 HDD over the web to a Rcloud client on iphone 7+
i'm waiting >2 minutes to receive files < 1MB in size at 2.5Mbps and in some cases it just appears to time out.
i dk if the issue is to do w the router or w the app or with readyshare server? Actually, I dont know what the architecture is between my router and the app. Is there a readyshare server? I do have to connect to an "account" to use the service so I assume so. The bottkeneck or issue could be there.
How are you guys using your USB connected drives? How are you detecting slow transfer rates?
I have an external 5GB HDD. When I connect it to one of the USB 3 ports directly on my PC it transfers data at the expected USB 3 speeds. When I connect it to the USB 3 port on my router and move the same files, it performs like USB 1 at best. Its just pathetic.
But how do you detect that? How are you using the USB/HDD? For instance I'm using it with "readyshare" over the web to "rcloud" and experiencing very slow transfer times, far greater than my ISP upload speed should dictate or my iphone download speed.
my issue is going to be with one of the router, the readyshare service or the rcloud app.
much less likely my ISP or my iphone - like FAR less likely.
Yes, USB HDD - Just watch the file transfer window and you will see the read & write speed in Mbps. (Assuming you are on a PC.) Another way to check speed is to connect your USB HDD to your computer, transfer a file of a known size and time it. Then, plug the USB HDD to the router and transfer the same file and time it. If both the router and the PC are truly running at USB 3 speed, the times should be very similar. If the speed on the router is far, far slower, then its not truly transfering data at USB 3 speed.
According to our tests the R9000 max write speed ranges any where from 60 to 110 MB/s and max read speeds range from 40 MB/s to 110MB/s it really depend on number of factors such as how the file is being written/read, what method of transfer and what type of file system was used.
Perhaps the R9000 has greater capabilities in terms of USB speeds?
Smallnetbuilder measured the R9000's storage performance with SMB at 103.7 MB/sec in their review. That's about all you can get over a gigabit ethernet connection.
