This is why you keep hardware/firmware up to date

[BillsCarnage]

So I've got an Asus router and they finally posted a new firmware update.

Even though i had mid tier speed from Cox - i think 15-20mb or so - I always had bad speedtest results and this was really noticeable during FTPing.

This is what i used to get

Just now, Cox.

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Updated the firmware and BAM! Here are my new results

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[jw7]

Did you speed check on the Cox Internet site? I bet you get even better results hitting their servers directly.

Linky

 

[BillsCarnage]

Nah, as I'd expect the Cox servers to be faster by default. The ping isn't really going anywhere besides the modem and their server.

But I do pick a few servers around the world to test as well and everything is pretty much 2.5x faster.