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RBK40 Download Speed Slows Down After 5 Days
I have the RBK40 Router with two RBS20 satellites connected to my home wifi. I'm using it in router mode and not AP mode..Every 5 days my Internet speed drops from around 200mbps to around 40mbps..Th...
Today was the 5th day and my router speeds dropped to around 40mbps again while connected wirelessly. My devices connected to the satellites were still seeing full download speeds at around 212mbps connected wirelessly. I went ahead and wired my computer in via Ethernet cord to the back of the router and I got the full download speed of 217mbps. So basically something is happening every 5 days that causes my download speeds to drop to around 40mbps for any device that is connected to the router wirelessly. My satellites are not affected and when I’m hardwired into the router it is not affected. Only devices connected to the router wirelessly are affected. I’ve done all the normal troubleshooting: Disabled mu-MIMO, daisy chain, and beam forwarding. I’ve also cleared my logs daily. I haven’t tried a factory reset yet but will that really help anything? The only thing that will reliably fix it is doing a reboot. Any ideas on what this could be? It’s really frustrating that I spent this much money and have to baby sit the router and reboot it every five days for it to work right. Could I possibly have a bad router, or do you think this something that a firmware update could fix?
Yes, lets do a factory reset on the router and set up from scratch. IF the problem continues after than then the router needs to be RMAd and replaced.
- I did a factory reset today so we will see if the problem persist after the 5th or 6th day. I will update on the 6th day. Thanks for your help!!
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Just wanted to make a quick update on my situation ..I'm on the seventh day and my speeds are staying constant at 217mbps on the router and satellites. This is after I did a factory reset 7 days ago. I will keep watching it and checking the speeds everyday to see if it does it again. I didn't notice my speeds going down until the 20th day the first time it happened, but I wasn't testing it everyday so I don't know when it happened the first time..I will keep this thread updated.