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Fluctuation on speed?
Hi so I have noticed at times that the speeds for my RBK23 unit will fluctuate. Frome Comcast I have the Blast package which gives me 250 Mbps and up and 10Mbps upload. You see normally for my speeds...
I hope this is intellectual curiosity. Most of us would be delirious to have 180mb speed.
Seriously, I believe Comcast promises "up to 250mb", not "always at least 250mb". The actual download speed at any instant is going to be a function of the network load and even the load on the "speed server" that is being used to calculate speed.
So, my question is: "When the speed drops, does it stay down for a long time, until you restart the Orbi?"
A quick experiment would be to sign up for something like this: https://testmy.net/auto (It's the first thing that popped up on a Google search. I am sure there are others.) Another experiment is to "wait it out". i.e. when a speed drop is detected, do not recycle the Orbi and see if the higher speed returns.
Yes this is just intellectual curiosity. Like I said the speed does come back after awhile. I'm just more or less curious with why it happens. I mean when I'm connected directly to the main router (rbr20) I will get 290-300 Mbps download and 11-12Mbps upload on both wired and wireless. But when I connect to a sattleite (rbs20) I will notice that at times when I do a speed test it will get a little slower for me on both wirless and wired.
I mean its just a little weried to me since I have the placed the sattleities in the optimal places to get great speed. While my main router is technically in the basement, its not a tradiontal basment. Its more like a downstairs office and bedroom. No concrete walls obstructing anthying.