Archer MR600 slow upload speed

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Archer MR600 slow upload speed
Archer MR600 slow upload speed
2022-07-28 17:10:15
Tags: #Speed
Model: Archer MR600  
Hardware Version: V2
Firmware Version: 1.5.0.0.9.1 v1 build 210914

Running the Archer MR600 modem router's speed test, I get good download speeds of between 15 - 30 Mbps, but upload speeds range between 1 - 3 Mbps, which seems very slow in comparison.  Putting the same sim card into a portable TP-Link M7350 device, at the exact same location, I get similar download speeds but much higher upload speeds of 10 - 15 Mbps.  This suggests to me that the problem lies with the modem and not the ISP or sim card.

 

What settings do I need to look at in the MR600, and does anyone have any idea what could be throttling the upload speed?

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Re:Archer MR600 slow upload speed
2022-08-01 08:57:15

  @P40 

 

Hi, may I know the hardware version of your M7350? is it V5 or V7 etc.?

Please check if the M7350 could show the 4G band on Status page, if so, please compare the 4G bands working on the M7350 and the MR600, if they are working on different bands, please try to select 4G band manually on MR600 to see if the speed would be better:

https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/faq/3099/

 

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Re:Archer MR600 slow upload speed
2022-08-01 10:17:29

  @Sunshine 

 

Thanks for your reply.

 

The M7350 is v. 5.

 

I'm not going to be able to test this until October, so will get back to you then after I've tried your suggestion.

 

Many thanks.

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Re:Archer MR600 slow upload speed
2022-12-14 10:04:26 - last edited 2022-12-14 10:07:34

  @Sunshine 

 

Hi, I am also experiencing the same issue as @P40.

 

I was previously using the EDUP 4G Router (EP-AZ800). This router was giving me 30-40MB download, 6-8MB upload. I was getting any support on this product so I switched to the tp-link AC1200. I set up this to have the exact same settings e.g. LTE only, same channel etc. I am getting a far inferior upload speed, I'd be lucky to get more than 1MB. All hardware is the same except for the router. Firmware is also updated to the latest version on the AC1200.

 

I have also been through this post but still no change => https://www.tp-link.com/uk/support/faq/2843/

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanks.

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Re:Archer MR600 slow upload speed
2022-12-14 10:21:46
I eventually found a quick solution to this. Not very technical, but after simply moving the modem a few feet to a shelf by the window, it now reaches consistently amazing download speeds of about 80 Mb/s and upload of about 20 Mb/s. I'm no expert, but I reckon that even a slight relocation of a few inches seems to make a big difference to speeds and consistent signal strength.
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Re:Archer MR600 slow upload speed
2022-12-14 12:52:35

  @P40 thank you for coming back to me and great to hear you solved your issue in a non-technical way.

 

I have done some more investigations and some tinkering in the admin console and for some reason my signal strength jumped from 25% to 75% and my upload speed improved to about 10MB - still not great but better than it was. I made the following changes:

 

1) switched the Network band from '3' to Auto and saved the changes and then

2) performed a Network Search again and it found my existing provider and I saved those settings

 

Not sure why the signal strength dropped so much but after those changes it seems ok now.

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