A Couple of Things - XR500

[ewilliams8]

I just wanted to share a couple of potential bugs / funnies I've had recently.

I recently upgraded my Internet from FTTC (Sky) to FTTP (Brsk).

I got a great package from Brsk which is 1Gbps Up and Down. On Connection Benchmark my download bandwidth never displays above ~500Mbps, or reached full speed but will on other Speed Test sites it shows ~1000Mbps as expected. Upload speeds on Connection Benchmark are as expected.

Also, I found that after a short while of uptime the XR500 would down-clock the WAN link speed from 1000Mbps to 100Mbps, at first I thought it was the Cat 6 cable, but as it's such a long run, under carpets etc, I was reluctant to replace straight away. I tried a 1Gb Netgear switch I had lying about and the speeds stayed at full gigabit, since plugging the XR500 into the switch the link speed stays at 1000Mbps.

Network configs tried:

ONT >  Icotera Router (ISP supplied) > XR500 > PC = 100Mbps Full Duplex 😔

ONT >  XR500 > PC = 100Mbps Full Duplex 😔

ONT > Icotera Router (ISP supplied) > 1Gb Switch > PC = 1000Mbps Full Duplex 🙂

ONT > Icotera Router (ISP supplied) > 1Gb Switch > XR500 > PC = 1000Mbps Full Duplex 🙂

[Netduma Fraser]

Interesting, I've just posted a new beta version, could you try with that and see if you experience the same issue please?