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AniDutta
Oct 28, 2016Apprentice
Bandwidth
Before I got the Orbi, I had the Luma. I've since returned the Luma, but something is bothering me. With the Luma when I ran speed test on fast.com, I would consistently get close to the bandwidth I p...
- Nov 04, 2016
whats the orbi connected to and have you change out the ethernet led from the orbi to what ever is upstream ?
AniDutta
Nov 04, 2016Apprentice
cable modem to Orbi. Orbi to desktop(wired) and wireless. If I hook my laptop to the Ethernet port on modem I get 150Mbps. But if I hook into port on Orbi router I get 90 Mbps. 90Mbps is speeds I'm getting on fast.com on devices connected to Orbi network
- Mikey94025Nov 05, 2016Hero
How strange that you're getting lower speed even hardwired to the Orbi (eliminating any wifi settings). You could try setting your Xfinity modem to bridge mode and see if that makes a difference: https://customer.xfinity.com/help-and-support/internet/wireless-gateway-enable-disable-bridge-mode/?view=app
You can also try resetting your cable modem too: https://customer.xfinity.com/help-and-support/internet/power-cycling-your-modem/