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Cannot achieve fiber speeds RBR50 with Centrylink Fiber
Hello, With the C4000gx and a direct connection i get full gigabit speed (900+ up and down). With the Orbi in AP mode and connected to the C4000gx, I get full gigabit speed from the speed test d...
Mikey94025- I was using the speedtest from the setup page on the Orbi. When in AP mode connected to the C4000gx I was getting at gigabit speed. When I had it in bridge mode I got the lower speeds and when I removed the centurylink router (the C4000gx) I got the lower speeds. I did test the speeds from the device, but I got wifi speeds (lower than what I was seeing when in AP mode).
FURRYe38I am running V2.5.1.16. I don't have a double NAT problem (the type of connection I am trying is only the Orbi to fiber). Your three options, I have done 1 and 3 but that excludes using the functions on the Orbi router I am looking for (use of the app, use of parental controls etc). I could try option 2, but I don't see why that would get me better speeds than removing the centurylink router entirely.
My real question is if anyone has run the RBR50 and gotten gigabit speeds. I had seen some inferences on the boards that a consumer router like this can't do the VLAN tagging and router functions at such speeds.
We believe the model you reference does have a built in router so there would be a double NAT condition here.
900Mb Working:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Orbi-RBR50-is-not-supporting-900Mb-on-the-WAN-to-LAN-test/m-p/1827295/highlight/true#M76372
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/New-RBR50-Satellite-setup-some-thoughts-and-questions/m-p/1695161/highlight/true#M50762
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Download-speed-cut-in-half-on-wired-connection/m-p/1695372/highlight/true#M50815
The C4000gx is removed = no double NAT.
C4000gx + Orbi in AP mode = no double NAT.
I will check out your other links and see what I can achieve. Thanks!
I would power off the Fiber unit when you don't have the C4000gx online then reset the RBR and setup from scratch. Besure to not enable Armor, Circle, QoS speed test or Traffic Meter on the RBR when the setup wizard completes. Wire connect a pc to the RBR and speed test.
Make sure your PC is connecting at 1000Mpbs to the RBR.
I made all the changes, and the direct wire speeds are 950 mbps down, but I am only getting 150mbs up. This is a direct connection to the router. I should be getting +900mbps on both up and down streams. Just before I removed the Centurylink provided router, I was getting those speeds, so the problem is not the connection, but the Orbi Router or the way that I have it configured.