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jeromefong
Oct 11, 2020Aspirant
Is firmware 2.5.2.4 an issues for the RBR50 and RBS50 satellites? Download speed is < 200MB
I have an Orbi RBR50v1 with 2 RBS50v1 satellites. Performance was fine (getting about 400 mbps download speeds), until I upgraded from firmware version 2.5.1.32 to version 2.5.2.4. Now, I'm barely...
Mstrbig
Oct 12, 2020Master
jeromefong wrote:I have an Orbi RBR50v1 with 2 RBS50v1 satellites. Performance was fine (getting about 400 mbps download speeds), until I upgraded from firmware version 2.5.1.32 to version 2.5.2.4. Now, I'm barely getting down load speeds of 200 mbps. I also upgrade to xfinity 1 GB network so I'm really surprised my download speeds are now slower. I power off all three devices and re-powered them back one by one. They all reconnected correctly, but it the down speeds are still the same. When I run the Orbi app's speed test, it says it is getting 800+ mbps download speeds. Any suggestions on what I should try next? Is it possible to downgrade the firmware?
I have seen where updating the firmware to a newer version sometimes reverts settings back to default settings.
I've updated several RBR50 and RBS50 units to 2.7.0.70 with no issues. I did find, in a few cases, where I had to reconfigure some settings to get better performance.
Check these settings:
Disable Circle, Armor, Daisy Chaining, Fast Roaming, IPv6 and uncheck 20/40Mhz Coexistence.
Enable WMM, Implicit BeamForming, Mu-MIMO
Set Short preamble mode.
I turn off all logs except port forwarding/ port triggering <- this is a preference but logging can cause overheaed
Save settings, reboot Orbi.