Hello again,
For years people have told me our internet would perform better if I would put the C1000A into bridge mode and get ourselves a real router. Well I finally got a brand new RT-AC66U B1 (November 2016 build date on bottom sticker) and flashed the latest Merlin (380.68_2) onto it. The Network feels much more solid but the Internet has a serious hesitation at times, but not all times. Somedays I am actually greeted with a super fast connection, but others its really bad hesitation. This did NOT happen with the Internet before the new router. The only problem I can see with the C1000A was needing constant rebooting to get wifi working, but Ethernet devices ran great 24/7. It's as if the new setup is trying to figure out what I am asking it to do, like a communication barrier or something. Anyway the Internet immediately took a nose dive in performance, not the actual speeds, but some sort of latency issue is now happening. Speed test shows about the same up/dn and the latency went from 21 to 23 ms, but many sites, like YouTube (its a mixed bag really) now needs about 5 seconds to do what I call "thinking about it" before anything actually happens. Yes it's a blank page for about 5 seconds then suddenly full speeds. If I remove the router and put back the C1000A all websites and youtube videos start loading immediately. Its as if these two devices need to agree upon something before activity can actually occur.
Maybe I did not bridge it correctly? This is my initial guess, but as easy as it is to bridge I just don't see how this can be the case. Or, is the RT-AC66U B1 a known problem for CL?
What should be my next step? I think I should try a factory reset on the C1000A, then go in and try setting it to bridge mode again?
Thanks for any advice you can give me.
Best Regards
Rod
P.S. Also, I removed all the old cat5e cables and built my own CAT6 cables because I like neat setups with proper lengths. All cables tested OK using a normal RJ45 cable tester, the kind that just shows you green lights. Can CAT6 cabling be the issue?
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