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Macbook speeds capped at 30-40mbps
I am on 2.1.4.10 and it has been pretty solid except my Macbook speeds are capped at 30-40mbps on my 100mbps internet service. All of our other iPhone/iPad speeds are fine. If I turn off and turn bac...
How are you turning OFF each radio? The radios need to be enabled and turned on for the system to work right and perform well. This is a mesh system intended to have all radios running since this is how mesh systems work. I've had zero issues with my system since day one. So has my friends system I set up for him:
This is not a FW issue if your disabling wifi or you don't have the wifi configured correctly.
I would ask about the new beta FW, some mentioned that it was working better:
Orsuna wrote:
I have been running the default settings for 2.4GHz with the 5GHz turned off in AP mode for the past 4 months without issues until I dropped the 2.1.4.16 firmware on it 3 weeks ago. It's ruined my ability to livestream video to the internet, and as of last night, I shut off the 2.4GHz radio and switched my entire router/satellite to 5GHz and now I'm back to 140+ Mbps speeds on my wireless devices. It's definitely something within the 2.1.4.16 firmware that is affecting the wireless speeds. It seems as though if the 2.4GHz band is enabled, the performance is degraded on the Orbi system.
I have been running the default settings for 2.4GHz with the 5GHz turned off in AP mode for the past 4 months without issues until I dropped the 2.1.4.16 firmware on it 3 weeks ago. It's ruined my ability to livestream video to the internet, and as of last night, I shut off the 2.4GHz radio and switched my entire router/satellite to 5GHz and now I'm back to 140+ Mbps speeds on my wireless devices. It's definitely something within the 2.1.4.16 firmware that is affecting the wireless speeds. It seems as though if the 2.4GHz band is enabled, the performance is degraded on the Orbi system.
How are you turning OFF each radio? The radios need to be enabled and turned on for the system to work right and perform well. This is a mesh system intended to have all radios running since this is how mesh systems work. I've had zero issues with my system since day one. So has my friends system I set up for him:
This is not a FW issue if your disabling wifi or you don't have the wifi configured correctly.
I would ask about the new beta FW, some mentioned that it was working better:
Orsuna wrote:
I have been running the default settings for 2.4GHz with the 5GHz turned off in AP mode for the past 4 months without issues until I dropped the 2.1.4.16 firmware on it 3 weeks ago. It's ruined my ability to livestream video to the internet, and as of last night, I shut off the 2.4GHz radio and switched my entire router/satellite to 5GHz and now I'm back to 140+ Mbps speeds on my wireless devices. It's definitely something within the 2.1.4.16 firmware that is affecting the wireless speeds. It seems as though if the 2.4GHz band is enabled, the performance is degraded on the Orbi system.