Hi all,
I am having an issue with my new Asus AXE16000 gaming router. I had zero issues with it the first couple of months, but as of late I am getting unstable upload speeds. I started to notice it when I was attempting some online gaming sessions. Ricket League in particular was showing constant packet loss issues.
I then ran a speed test, and noticed that my upload speed (which is suppose to be 50 up) was running anywhere between 8 up and 37 up. I never get the full speed, and the speeds I do get are constantly fluctuating, sometimes the average is as low as 17 up.
I have the latest firmware installed, I have done multiple power cycles of my ISP modem AND the router itself, and I recently did a factory reset of the router, followed by a 5 mins power cycle. The speeds are still unstable.
I am doing most my testing on a hardwired desktop PC, but the upload speeds are also slow on a wifi6 5ghz connection. I am right by the router, and never had issues getting the full up and download speeds over my wifi connection on my smart phone, even when I was away from the router.
I even skipped the router entirely and went directly to my cable modem, and the speeds are a stable 50 up. As soon as I go back to the Asus Router, they drop to at least 30 up and then it's hit or miss on if they get slower. I have tried switching ports, I have tried restarts, factory resets, different cables.
This issue has been on and off again through out the last couple weeks. I used the Asus mobile phone app to set everything up every single time, so it does the self optimizing settings. I read that the QOS settings can cause this, but that option is turned off and I have never used it.
I just spent over $400 on this router.... I'd like to figure out why this issue has popped up all of a sudden.
