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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...
whats the orbi connected to and have you change out the ethernet led from the orbi to what ever is upstream ?
Mikey:
It was the Ethernet cable that was the culprit. When I looked at the statistics, the WAN showed as 100M/Full. I immediately changed the cable, and now I'm getting full speed on both wired and wireless.
Thanks for your input.
It was the Ethernet cable that was the culprit. When I looked at the statistics, the WAN showed as 100M/Full. I immediately changed the cable, and now I'm getting full speed on both wired and wireless.
Thanks for your input.
It is unclear if anyone completely solved this issue. I installed my brand new RBK50 this morning. Prior to that, I had a Linksys router attached to a Zoom DOCSIS 3.0 16x4 cable modem. I was getting Speedtest speeds of 235Mbps on my hardwired desktop computer and up to 90Mbps down or so on my wireless at the other end of the house. I replaced the Linksys with the RBK50 (one router and one satelite) using the same cables except that I used the newly supplied cable from the router to the cable modem. I'm now getting Speedtest speeds of 92Mbps down at the hardwired desktop and wireless speeds of 235Mbps throughout the house. Interestingly, when I go to the ORBILOGIN on the desktop and run Advanced QoS Setup and Speedtest from there, I get 235Mbps down and 23Mbps up. Anyone got the answer for the throttled hardwired desktop connection? Thanks!
Sounds like your wired desktop has a bad cable or some other factor limiting your connection speed to 100 Mbs. Check the properties of the network adapter on your desktop to see what speed is negotiated with the Orbi. Jiggle the cable or replace the cable. I have a switch that can go between 100 and 1000 if the cable is moved slightly.