AbbaTheHorse
New Around Here
Good morning
Having had 3 TP-Link routers die, I researched ASUS kit and settled on the RT-AX86S.
I have 1Gbps FTTP from BT and before my TP-Link router died, was getting the full allocation on my hard-wired Windows 10 PC.
However, since installing the RT-AX86S, my Windows PC gets nothing but erratic (and “slow”) internet speeds.
Testing with 4 different speed test sites, and also testing downloading large SQL backups from an Azure storage account, speeds fluctuate between 30Mbps to a maximum of around 650Mbps. And they fluctuate every second-or-so.
I’ve ensured QoS is switched off, I’ve tried a factory reset, I’ve tried Merlin and I’ve tried downgrading the firmware to the previous version, but this router just doesn’t want to provide my PC with a constant, full speed connection.
Switching the router back to the BT SmartHub and I’m back to full 1Gbps speed on the PC, so I can at least isolate this as being the RT-AX86S.
I need to move away from the BT SmartHub as it just doesn’t give me enough control or performance for my home network.
Has anyone experienced a similar issue? ASUS support came back with a standard “change the firmware/factory reset” advice, which of course hasn’t worked.
Thank you very much in advance for any help that might be available
M
Having had 3 TP-Link routers die, I researched ASUS kit and settled on the RT-AX86S.
I have 1Gbps FTTP from BT and before my TP-Link router died, was getting the full allocation on my hard-wired Windows 10 PC.
However, since installing the RT-AX86S, my Windows PC gets nothing but erratic (and “slow”) internet speeds.
Testing with 4 different speed test sites, and also testing downloading large SQL backups from an Azure storage account, speeds fluctuate between 30Mbps to a maximum of around 650Mbps. And they fluctuate every second-or-so.
I’ve ensured QoS is switched off, I’ve tried a factory reset, I’ve tried Merlin and I’ve tried downgrading the firmware to the previous version, but this router just doesn’t want to provide my PC with a constant, full speed connection.
Switching the router back to the BT SmartHub and I’m back to full 1Gbps speed on the PC, so I can at least isolate this as being the RT-AX86S.
I need to move away from the BT SmartHub as it just doesn’t give me enough control or performance for my home network.
Has anyone experienced a similar issue? ASUS support came back with a standard “change the firmware/factory reset” advice, which of course hasn’t worked.
Thank you very much in advance for any help that might be available
M