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[CAFlynn]

Well, I've actually been having close to zero issues with my DGL-5500 since updating to 1.13b4 back in April. A few instances of not seeing my devices listed in Active Devices, but nothing a router reset didn't fix. ABE had my US/DS perfect, and speeds across all my devices were great, and for the most part in line with my 30Mbps/5Mbps advertised speeds.

Yesterday morning my ISP (Time Warner) enabled my new MAXX speeds (200Mbps/20Mbps). This morning I noticed that I was not seeing these speed increases on any of my devices - including my wired PC.

First thing I tried was a direct connection between my Arris DG1670A modem and my PC. Ran the speed tests at speedtest.net and the Time Warner speed test, and it accurately reflected my speed increase.

I factory reset my DGL-5500 (following the steps always outlined by FurryNutz) and the bandwidth test upon setup only came back around 30Mbps down, but the up speeds were ~20Mbps. Now, it looks like the ABE is still in "Testing" mode, and as of right now it's showing ~80Mbps down (up is still correct).

I guess my question is - is this normal behavior? As in it's been testing for about 10 hours now. Will leaving it testing eventually get it up to my 200Mbps speeds?

[FurryNutz]

Ya, not sure about ISP speeds over 100Mb on this router...Have to look in to some prior threads on this...
I presume the ISP modem is bridge? It is a gateway modem. 

What happens if you disable SB and ABE? 

[CAFlynn]

Ya, not sure about ISP speeds over 100Mb on this router...Have to look in to some prior threads on this...
I presume the ISP modem is bridge? It is a gateway modem. 

What happens if you disable SB and ABE? 

Modem is in bridge mode, yep. First thing I did when they sent it to me a few weeks ago.

I haven't yet tried disabling SB and ABE. I think I'll try it now and see what happens. I'd hate to have to go to whatever crappy wireless the Arris has built in to it.

[FurryNutz]

Well if you have to use the Arris as your main host router, you could use the 5500 as a wired AP. Mine is. 

[CAFlynn]

After some fiddling around using the Arris as my router, I've gone back to my 5500. I just could not get my Xbox One to have Open NAT with it, even after reserving the IP and port forwarding to it.

So I shut off SB and ABE and I'm getting the advertised speeds to my wired PC, and decent speeds to my wireless devices. I might turn on SB and ABE at a later date, just to test it out some more, but as of right now everything is working a-ok.

[FurryNutz]

Try SB with out ABE or try manual ABE values...

[FurryNutz]

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