Hi everyone,
First off I'd like to say I'm not the most savvy when it comes to networking technology. So please bear with me
I've had an Asus RT-AC68R (AC68U) for several years and it worked perfectly with no issues.
I was running the Bandwidth Limiter feature via the Adaptive QoS tab in the settings for the router for a few years to limit some devices that belong to my roommates as they don't game or stream much and I do. I rent out to them the other two rooms and I pay for the Xfinity plan.
For years it was working fine. Last month I went and upgraded my Xfinity plan from 250/20 to 600/20.
I've been checking the speeds for years on a regular basis. When I had the 250/20, I was getting around 280/24 on average. I always would get around 23-24 on the upload.
Now with the new plan, I noticed I was not getting more than 350-400 down at any given time, even though the plan is up to 600 mbps. The upload still remains the same at 23-24 on average.
So tonight, I thought maybe I needed to update the firmware on the Asus router. I was running a version I don't remember the exact number but it was a '380' version. Now I'm on the latest '385' version.
Ever since updating to this firmware, my download speeds have been much much lower than before. I've been getting anywhere from 160-240 mbps down, when I was fluctuating in the 350-400 ballpark with the older firmware.
I started panicking and looking online to see what might be wrong. I came across these forums here, but I feel kinda lost as I mentioned because I am not too familiar with this world.
I was reading that the Standard QoS is not working as intended on Asus routers anymore, but that was from a post from 2016 that I saw it on. I am not sure if that still applies.
I was only using the Bandwidth Limiter but I had also set up some Port Forwarding settings. I was reading somewhere here to try to reset back to factory defaults. So I did this and the speed went back to the 350-400. So after doing that I figured to try again the Bandwidth Limiter. Once again the speed dipped.
I then went to turn off QoS and even after turning it off now, the speed is still lower than before.
Now I don't know what to do. Does this mean I cannot use the BL feature at all with this update? I wish I never updated the firmware. I don't remember which firmware it was that I was using but it was the best one for me.
Now the situation is pretty daunting for me. My Playstation 4 Pro, even though it's hardwired via ethernet directly to the router, is receiving a way slower connection than it ever normally does, and my laptop and cellphone are also slowed down.
What can I do to get my speed back? I'm sort of freaking out here lol.. is my router faulty?
Sorry for the all over the place post I really suck at this. :\
Thanks in advance
First off I'd like to say I'm not the most savvy when it comes to networking technology. So please bear with me
I've had an Asus RT-AC68R (AC68U) for several years and it worked perfectly with no issues.
I was running the Bandwidth Limiter feature via the Adaptive QoS tab in the settings for the router for a few years to limit some devices that belong to my roommates as they don't game or stream much and I do. I rent out to them the other two rooms and I pay for the Xfinity plan.
For years it was working fine. Last month I went and upgraded my Xfinity plan from 250/20 to 600/20.
I've been checking the speeds for years on a regular basis. When I had the 250/20, I was getting around 280/24 on average. I always would get around 23-24 on the upload.
Now with the new plan, I noticed I was not getting more than 350-400 down at any given time, even though the plan is up to 600 mbps. The upload still remains the same at 23-24 on average.
So tonight, I thought maybe I needed to update the firmware on the Asus router. I was running a version I don't remember the exact number but it was a '380' version. Now I'm on the latest '385' version.
Ever since updating to this firmware, my download speeds have been much much lower than before. I've been getting anywhere from 160-240 mbps down, when I was fluctuating in the 350-400 ballpark with the older firmware.
I started panicking and looking online to see what might be wrong. I came across these forums here, but I feel kinda lost as I mentioned because I am not too familiar with this world.
I was reading that the Standard QoS is not working as intended on Asus routers anymore, but that was from a post from 2016 that I saw it on. I am not sure if that still applies.
I was only using the Bandwidth Limiter but I had also set up some Port Forwarding settings. I was reading somewhere here to try to reset back to factory defaults. So I did this and the speed went back to the 350-400. So after doing that I figured to try again the Bandwidth Limiter. Once again the speed dipped.
I then went to turn off QoS and even after turning it off now, the speed is still lower than before.
Now I don't know what to do. Does this mean I cannot use the BL feature at all with this update? I wish I never updated the firmware. I don't remember which firmware it was that I was using but it was the best one for me.
Now the situation is pretty daunting for me. My Playstation 4 Pro, even though it's hardwired via ethernet directly to the router, is receiving a way slower connection than it ever normally does, and my laptop and cellphone are also slowed down.
What can I do to get my speed back? I'm sort of freaking out here lol.. is my router faulty?
Sorry for the all over the place post I really suck at this. :\
Thanks in advance