I'm not as technically inclined about routers as most others here. But a known issue with RT-AC66U seems to have been a lag or dramatic internet slowdown when Download Master was enabled.
Asus released an update to Download Master, 3.1.0.78, and I updated yesterday. My "guaranteed" DSL speed I pay for is 3mbps down and 650kbps up and a "normal" ping for me on speedtest.net is 19ms - 27ms. Before the Download Master update using vrsn 3.1.0.75 when running speedtest with Download Master enabled, I would get pings of 135ms - 750ms, download speed of .1mbps - .6mbps, and 70kbps - 200kbps upload speed. The only solution to restore speed was to disable Download Master for those times when users need to browse internet.
After updating to 3.1.0.78 with Download Master enabled and downloading / uploading torrents, at speedtest.net I'm now getting ping of 27ms, download of 2.9 - 3.1 mbps and upload of 400 - 470kbps.
So far it seems any issue with Download Master and lag or slowdown has been resolved with the update. Thank you, Asus.
Asus released an update to Download Master, 3.1.0.78, and I updated yesterday. My "guaranteed" DSL speed I pay for is 3mbps down and 650kbps up and a "normal" ping for me on speedtest.net is 19ms - 27ms. Before the Download Master update using vrsn 3.1.0.75 when running speedtest with Download Master enabled, I would get pings of 135ms - 750ms, download speed of .1mbps - .6mbps, and 70kbps - 200kbps upload speed. The only solution to restore speed was to disable Download Master for those times when users need to browse internet.
After updating to 3.1.0.78 with Download Master enabled and downloading / uploading torrents, at speedtest.net I'm now getting ping of 27ms, download of 2.9 - 3.1 mbps and upload of 400 - 470kbps.
So far it seems any issue with Download Master and lag or slowdown has been resolved with the update. Thank you, Asus.
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