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6old3nra1n
Nov 01, 2020Tutor
Configuring ORBI RBR50 with ATT Fiber
Hello all, I've been a long time user of my Orbi RBR50 first with an Xfinity cable connection. It has been rock solid (occasional outages but nothing significantly long in duration). The impressi...
6old3nra1n
Nov 01, 2020Tutor
Now that I'm thinking about it -- the Orbi app as well as the router built-in speed test is probably pulling the results directly from the wired Router connection to the Arris gateway. In other words, it is NOT showing the actual wireless speeds, even if I using wirelessly connected devices.
For those that have the same ATT gigabit fiber connection with the same gateway + orbi router, what speeds are you getting when connected wirelessly? I guess I am expecting that with a faster internet connection that I should get at least the same wireless speeds as I got when I had Xfinity. It should not be slower (since I'm using the same Orbi hardware/setup), and if anything it should be much faster.
So in short, I have no speed problems when connected via a wired connection, but wireless connections run about half the speed (actually a little less) of wired. I've read other posts where users even have speed issues with wired connections but this is not my experience. And as I mentioned earlier, I don't think the Orbi app or the built in speed test within the Router actually reflects wireless speeds -- it's getting the speeds via the wired connection between the router and Arris gateway.