RT-N66R speed drops

[DavidinSA]

Scanning the forums looking for suggestions.
Have owned for several months and things have been working flawlessly until a couple of weeks ago.
Every couple of days my throughput speeds drop by about 70%.
A reboot brings speeds back up to normal.
I am currently using Firmware Version:3.0.0.4.374_979.
You guys here are way smarter than me so be easy on the technical jargon.
I have a basic understanding of routers and I am only currently using the basic functions of this router.
Synology NAS along with shared usb printer and 4 wired computers with 4 to 5 wireless phones and various other clients.
Reading up on how to update firmware.

Thoughts on what causes the drops?
Solutions?
Thanks

 

[jlake]

Speed drops on wired? Wireless? Both?

Try going to asus website and update to the latest firmware. The firmware you're using has lots of security vulnerabilities.

Or try going to Merlin's website and updating firmware to latest .41.

Basic troubleshooting steps are in link below.

http://forums.smallnetbuilder.com/showthread.php?t=12453

 

[wouterv]

The speed and connectivity issues I suffer on 2.4 GHz are allways related to the strongest neighbor signal using the same channel.
I guess the neighbor device is set to auto channel and tends to hop on "my" channel now and then, forcing me to manual select another channel after which everything is fine again.
Use InSSIDer and scan the neighborhood for channel usage, select the least occupied channel out of 1, 6 or 11. Repeat this every so many weeks.

 

[DavidinSA]

It was only the wireless that was seeing the drop.
Router gets warm but what I would expect for a passive cooling system.

I went ahead and updated firmware to the latest from the ASUS website. Especially after doing a quick search and seeing the security issues.
Reset to factory settings then entered in all new settings.

InSSider is a very cool tool. Even put it on my Note 3 phone.
Switched the 2.4 to channel 1 since there was several neighbors co-channeling and overlapping on 6. Less conflicts on channel 1. No conflicts on the 5GHz so left it on auto. Had my son switch to the 2.4 for a stronger signal in his room since it is the farthest point away from the router.

I eventually want to set up a VPN with my synology but don't have the time to bite off that yet. Especially with all the security risks it would open me up to. A friend showed me the log of attempts to get into his system and it was surprising. Most come out of China, Turkey and Greece. Interesting.

Anyway.
Thank you so much for the advice.
I will keep you'll updated and if either of you have any other advice in general, please post it.

David

 

[sm00thpapa]

First off .979 is the worst firmware for this router. Up grade immediately.


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[wouterv]

First off .979 is the worst firmware for this router. Up grade immediately.

I went ahead and updated firmware to the latest from the ASUS website. Especially after doing a quick search and seeing the security issues.
Reset to factory settings then entered in all new settings.

He knew you was going to say that ;-)

 

[DavidinSA]

so far so good

Just an update.
Have not had any issues since updating and channel switch.
Gained about 20% on upload speeds.
Less stability issues. More consistent connections and speed.
Time will tell but hopeful at this point.

Thanks for all the help guys.
David