My R8000 became very slow after upgraded to latest firmware v1.0.4.12

[Brian328]

even it's cable connected, the speed is very slow.  my internet connection is about 500M but at R8000 speed is only around 160M.  before the latest firmware upgrade, the speed was over 300M.

[Precedent]

If you poke around on this forum there's a decent amount of people having the same issue(s). It seems the last 2 FW updates are the culprit, but I just took the advice of others after reading and reverted back to 1.0.3.54.

Make sure you factory reset after the FW installation.

On a 1gig connection those FWs took my wired speed down to 240mb and wireless down to 30mb. After reverting I'm back in the 800-900mb+ range, wired, and near 500mb wireless. Much better.

Page 3 of this thread is what lead me try it. 

[Precedent]

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@Case850 wrote:

If you want a router that performs at the 1 Gbps then try the Edgerouter X(starts at US$49) upstream to the R8000.

https://www.ubnt.com/edgemax/edgerouter/

ISP > EdgeRouter(ethernet here) > R8000(AP mode) > Wifi here

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Thanks for the advice. I've tested a few times today from the LAN side, after reverting, and they've all been 850+. Pretty confident that's at the modem too.

Have any tricks to see wireless at those rates? 😉

edit:

I'm good on wired. Test from LAN side of R8000

[Brian328]

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@Precedent wrote:

If you poke around on this forum there's a decent amount of people having the same issue(s). It seems the last 2 FW updates are the culprit, but I just took the advice of others after reading and reverted back to 1.0.3.54.

Make sure you factory reset after the FW installation.

On a 1gig connection those FWs took my wired speed down to 240mb and wireless down to 30mb. After reverting I'm back in the 800-900mb+ range, wired, and near 500mb wireless. Much better.

Page 3 of this thread is what lead me try it. 

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hi Precedent, thanks so much for your prompt respopnse.  do you know if there're any security issues on version 3.54?

[Precedent]

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@Brian328 wrote:

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@Precedent wrote:

If you poke around on this forum there's a decent amount of people having the same issue(s). It seems the last 2 FW updates are the culprit, but I just took the advice of others after reading and reverted back to 1.0.3.54.

Make sure you factory reset after the FW installation.

On a 1gig connection those FWs took my wired speed down to 240mb and wireless down to 30mb. After reverting I'm back in the 800-900mb+ range, wired, and near 500mb wireless. Much better.

Page 3 of this thread is what lead me try it. 

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hi Precedent, thanks so much for your prompt respopnse.  do you know if there're any security issues on version 3.54?

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Here's the things that were changed in the FW's after:

1.0.4.2

1.0.4.4

1.0.4.12

All 3 have a "fixes security issues" heading in them, so yes that suggested firmware will have security issues. As to what they are, I couldn't say exactly. 

[Brian328]

Not sure if any Netgear's officials can respond to this issue here?  I'm still waiting for permanent resolution.

[JamesGL]

Hi Brian328,

You may try this new firmware.

https://kb.netgear.com/000058796/R8000-Firmware-Version-1-0-4-18

[Brian328]

Thanks JamesGL.  Will try this weekend.

[Brian328]

Updated the latest firmware, no improvement.

[Brian328]

No I didn’t. But after rebooting, the speed now is improved 50% close to 400Mb. Perhaps I try factory reset next time. My fiber internet connection is 1G here.

[Brian328]

i have R8000 and its X45 triband extender, also using Circle at home so will keep on to use it.....

[Brian328]

Case850, thank you so much for your advices.

[Precedent]

@Case850
So you've tested on a 1gb pipe, 1.03.54 with Circle on against Circle off, and compared those results to 1.0.4.x with Circle on and off?

It would nice if you could post your results.

[Precedent]

Excellent! Thanks for that info. Almost disturbed the wife's steaming session to do some testing 🙂

[Precedent]

It's shelved. I bought an ASUS RT-AC86U and couldn't be happier at the moment. Unfortunately, my CM1000 lost half its bandwidth now. House was built in 2017 so nothing is very old and the modem worked great initially, but 4 months in and it's showing weaknesses.
Isp dropped off a hitron and things are screaming along again. Really disappointed with netgear right now...
But that's another thread 😉