RV325: EXTREMELY slow internet connection

[SteveG___]

(I apologise in advance for posting this as a separate topic while I initially replied in a similar one but this has since started to affect my business)

I have an internet connection that does 200mbps. My ISP has an internal speedtest (to guarantee that "nothing internet" comes in between and you are testing the "LAN" connection). With my laptop connected directly to the modem I get 185mbps. With my old router (100mbps port) I get 80mbps. 

Hoping for awesome results - since I specifically bought it for its gigabit wan ports - I ran the test again with the RV325 in between. The download speed stalled at 25mbps! (So for clarity: 1/8th of the max speed and 3 times slower than my previous router).

In bandwidth management I've changed both up and downstream numbers to 1.000.000 (it won't go higher) and I do not have any rules, so it should be disabled and hopefully deliver full bandwidth to any device. Unfortunately this does not help a bit. 

The port is connected @ 1gbps to my modem, my laptop is connected  @ 1gbps to the router and I'm running firmware 1.1.1.06

I really hope there is something I missed here, because I'm greatly disappointed so far. 

[kumaranr2]

Hello all,

i've done fixed this problem by Max Bandwidth & speed and duplex settings.

now its is giving me the accurate speed from the ISP.

Thanks

Kumaran-R

India

[Thomas-Reiner Roth]

We have the same problem and i don't understand your solution ... 

Can you explain ?

Best regards

Thomas

France

[D_A_N_I_E_L_74]

Hello m8s,

I'm experiencing the same issue with RV325, very low speed over a PPPoE connection.

With the old router (Asus RT68AC) the speed was around 835/200 Mb/s (down/up) but now, with RV325 I only have 160/130 Mb/s.

The problem seems to be the PPPoE protocol. If I use Asus router to connect to FO modem (in bridge mode) and RV325 as router, everything is fine, the speed is normal for a gigabit connection.

I checked all the ideas from this topic (1.000.000 kb/s, max allowed), connection with ISP is 1000Mbps full duplex etc.

I upgraded the firmware to the latest version ... nothing changed ...

Any other idea, please?

Daniel

[D_A_N_I_E_L_74]

Please, any ideas?

[kumaranr2]

This could be the device issue, please call the cisco support and they will replace if the device is bought from cisco authorized resseller.

-Thanks

Kumaran-R

India 

[jonathan.stoller]

Hello,

I am experiencing something very similar to the above. We have just upgraded to a FTTP line capable of 330/30 from BT (UK).

When using an RV325 connecting with ppoe to the ONT fibre modem the download speeds do not go over 160Mb/s. Using the router supplied from BT we can consistently get a max 330 download speed.

If i connect the RV325 into the ISP router on the wan port and setup static ip/routing then i get full speed from WAN <=> LAN. This is not a solution in my opinion as i do not want to have two routers.

Things i have tried and checked:

* MTU settings match ISP

* disabling firewall options (got increased speed slightly to 175-190Mb/s)

* checked all port connections (connect at 1Gbp/s and full duplex to match ISP)

* Bandwidth management set to max for download / upload

* updated to latest firmware (1.3.2.02)

Any other help would be appreciated before we consider purchasing different equipment!

[junk]

This doesn't sound like the same issue I am having, perhaps a PPPOE issue? Try reducing your MTU by 8. For example if it was 1500, make it 1492.

[jonathan.stoller]

Hi, I was referring to D_A_N_I_E_L_74 about similar problem.

I have also played with the MTU settings somewhat (auto/manual set to 1500/1492). Doesn't make a notable difference in terms of missing around 120Mb/s of bandwidth.

[junk]

I have the same issue with an RV320 connected to an optimum online static IP gigabit Cisco modem/router combo. The link is 101 down/35 up. When I leave the WAN port on auto negotiate, it detects gigabit, but does about 32 down and about 36 up. When I switch to 100Mb full duplex, I get about 7 or 8 Mb/s down and up. When I switch to 100Mb/half duplex I get the best performance of about 70Mb/s down and 36Mb/s up. VERY weird that half duplex outperforms full unless there's a mis-negotiation. I asked Optimum if they could hard set speed and duplex but they said they couldn't. There is clearly some sort of Gigabit/Duplex compatibility issue in certain scenarios. 

I called Cisco support but after 2 hours plus on the phone, they were no help and offered to replace it if I sent it in. Ridiculous! I went out and bought another Cisco RV320 and it exhibited the exact same issue. Interestingly enough i tried a linksys LRT224 which had the same issue as well. (Linksys used to be owned by Cisco but was sold to Belkin a few years back, I wonder if this issue carried over)

A Netgear r6250 wifi router did close to the full 95Mb/s down. My laptop directly connected to the Optimum router with a static IP did as well. 

Ideas anyone? 

I need a reasonably priced VPN router with good throughput. 

[balazs_zsolt]

Hi!

I also went along this route.
The last update brought some results, but not enough. (The speed of provider : 500/200Mbit behind the router  : 410/110Mbit)
The choice of Ubiquiti edgerouter. (The speed 540/210)