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Ryan1919
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Sep 02, 2018

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...
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Ryan1919
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Sep 18, 2018
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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FURRYe38
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Sep 18, 2018

:smileywink:

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    Ryan1919
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    Sep 25, 2018

    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.

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      FURRYe38
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      Sep 25, 2018

      Thanks for letting us know. Hope it keeps working well for you. Enjoy. :smileywink:

       

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        Ryan1919
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        Oct 03, 2018

        Ok I made it to the 15 days and when I checked my speeds last night they were at 40mbps again. 15 days ago I did  factory reset and everything has been good until yesterday. Before I did the factory reset it would drop speeds to 40mbps every 5 days or so, but after a factory reset it lasted 15 days before my speeds slowed down again. I did a reboot and my speeds went back up to 217mbps again. The weird thing is that my satellites aren't affected and if I hard wire into the router after my speeds drop I don't see a speed drop. It seems to only be affecting speeds for devices connected wirelessly to the router. I don't know what to do at this point. I don't understand why this happening. I've done all the normal trouble shooting by disabling MU-Mimo, daisy chain, fast roaming, etc..I have my logs sent to me every morning so my logs clear out each day. I see that there is a firmware update, but I'm hesitant to update in case there are bugs worse than what I already have.