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Latency
My orbi setup has high latency making online gaming almost impossible. How do I lower latency? My computer shows my latency averaging 158ms.
What Firmware is currently loaded?
What is the Mfr and model# of the ISP modem the NG router is connected too?
Are you wireless or wired when gaming?
What is the size of your home? Sq Ft?
What is the distance between the router and satellite(s)? 30 feet is recommended in between RBR and RBS to begin with depending upon building materials when wirelessly connected. https://kb.netgear.com/000036466/How-far-should-I-place-my-Orbi-satellite-from-my-Orbi-router
What channels are you using? Auto? Try setting manual channel 1, 6 or 11 on 2.4Ghz and any unused channel on 5Ghz.
Any Wifi Neighbors near by? If so, how many?
Try enabling Beamforming and MIMO(MIMO may or maynot be needed) and WMM. Under Advanced Tab/Advanced Settings/Wireless Settings
Try disabling the following and see:
Armor, Circle, Daisy Chain, Fast Roaming, IPv6 and Set 20/40Mhz Coexistence to 40Mhz only. Save settings and reboot the router and satellite(s).
James_Wheelz wrote:
My orbi setup has high latency making online gaming almost impossible. How do I lower latency? My computer shows my latency averaging 158ms.
Fast roaming and Circle are off. Why would I turn off daisy chain since I have the router and 2 satellites? Also why would I disable Armor?
Disabling some of these features is a troubleshooting step to see if anything changes for you. Armor and security features can slow down or cause latency.
You may want to update FW to v2.5.1.8 aswell.
- I keep checking for firmware updates and it says no updates available.
- Haven't tested my latency yet but I disabled armor and my download speeds were way faster. Why would Armor affect speeds that much? Before I was getting roughly 54 mbps download and now my speed is 232mbps download.
- Hey Furry could you explain your orbi setup to me I see you have RBK50 and XR450 (what is the XR450 never heard of it?) to a RBK852? How does that setup work and why so complex? Why did you choose that setup also?
James_Wheelz wrote:
Fast roaming and Circle are off. Why would I turn off daisy chain since I have the router and 2 satellites? Also why would I disable Armor?Daisy Chain makes it possible for a satellite to connect to the router through another satellite, rather than directly. If the satellites are physically located "around" the router, rather than one satellite being farther from the router in the same general direction as the first satellite, then Daisy Chain won't be used. However, Daisy Chain causes the satellites to create another 5G WiFi channel for the Daisy Chain which is "wasted effort" if it isn't used. Netgear ships Orbi's with Daisy Chain enabled so that customers can add another satellite and it will "just work" no matter how it is physically located.
So, if your two satellites need Daisy Chain, then you have to keep it on. If they do not, there is no harm in turning it off.
