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Installed Orbi and data usage quadrupled!
I purchased and installed an RBR50 AC5000 with a Satellite RBS50 on July 5. It worked great. I had much more coverage for our house/property and all our devices were able to connect from everywhere a...
Purchase the Orbi AC3000 on Black Friday. I also have Comcast/Xfinity wifi modem. My data usage is now 3x. I hit the 1TB in Dec and Jan. I unplug the Orbi in February and my usage went back to normal, which was less than 300mb. Does anyone know what is going on? Is there something I need to do with the Xfinity modem in my account? I really like this unit, but I may have no choice and try to return it and buy buy the xfinity extenders.
What FW is currently loaded?
What is the Mfr and model# of the ISP modem the NG router is connected too?
What devices do you have connected to the Orbi system?
Richsmol wrote:
Purchase the Orbi AC3000 on Black Friday. I also have Comcast/Xfinity wifi modem. My data usage is now 3x. I hit the 1TB in Dec and Jan. I unplug the Orbi in February and my usage went back to normal, which was less than 300mb. Does anyone know what is going on? Is there something I need to do with the Xfinity modem in my account? I really like this unit, but I may have no choice and try to return it and buy buy the xfinity extenders.