Hi Kevin, thanks for this input. At this point, removing one of the RBS units has vastly improved my Internet performance. I have noted high latency numbers in the messages above, and those have now disappeared. That one unit doesn't seem to want to reset so I'd be interested in thoughts on what I can do to restore it.
As for my MBP, the issues were mostly about which specific base station unit it was attaching to when I had 3 units. I checked and 'Low Power Mode' was off already. I don't think the TCP/IP level settings should affect things. Now that I'm down to 2 units I think this is less of an issue anyways.
I've had to occasionally do a 30-30-30 reset on an RBS if it failed to reset or not fully reset with a 15 second button press then release, which should be tried first. Last resort is the 30-30-30 reset process.
I really thought that removing that one RBS had resolved the situation, but it has recurred.
Current state: RBR is directly connected to ONT (no IP equipment in the middle). I have 1 RBS, probably 40ft away. My laptop (2019 MBP) is connected via ethernet to the RBS with wifi disabled.
For the most part, I'm doing 400M down/100M up, with ~10ms latency on the Cloudflare tests. But once yesterday, and at this very moment, I'm doing 7 down/5 up with ~1s latency. Yesterday, I noticed that orbilogin showed the RBS as Disconnected, and the same is true right now. This is confounding to me because the only connectivity I have is through that RBS, so it is connected in some form.
The situation yesterday resolved itself with a restart of the RBS and I'm about to try that right now. Any debug steps to recommend?
The RBS I'm using right now replaced the one that was sitting at my desk for nearly 2 years. Swapping them just brings me back to the situation I had until the change I made on Tuesday.
I could move closer but I need some diagnostic to know that I'm in a better state. I could move but the power off/power on brings me back to an uncertain state even if the numbers show good at the time. The rest of this will illustrate my point.
WRT period for degradation, there isn't a fixed period or gradual drop, but here are some times:
Tues 1/30 10pm ET - that was when I took one RBS out the picture and went wired to swapped unit. Great numbers starting then
Thur 2/1 2pm ET - this is when I first noticed the recurrence. Restart of the RBS got me back in business.
Fri 2/2 9:30am ET - another recurrence. Again RBS restart has done the trick.
So do you see this issue with all RBS disabled and just connecting to the RBR? Any kind of degradation here? If not, then I'm leaning towards the RBS being the problem. If you do see degradation on the RBR, then possible the RBR is the problem and would need to be replaced. One way to check this would be to see if you can find another 750 series online from a place that has a good refund policy. Checking a new 2nd system could be telling as well.
Another suggestion would be to take the system to a different location, say friend, neighbor or family member and see if the problem follows. Would be kind of telling if it did or did not follow.
Yeah, this is exclusively exhibiting itself through connecting to the RBS units. My wife who works right by the RBR doesn't see any of these effects at all.
I get your other ideas, but it's just not practical, especially when it doesn't manifest immediately - hence my ask for a diagnostic in the system.
