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My Wired connection to an Orbi Satellite is slower then my Wireless to the same Satellite
I have xfinity 1 Gb service to the house and a xfinity xfi modem in bridge mode. The xfi model is connected through a CAT7 eithernet calbe to an Orbi RBK843 Router. The Orbi Router is about 45 ft f...
Camdiggy wrote:
When I run a Speed Test on my iPhone X connected wirelessly I get 600-700Mbps
When I run a Speed Test on my PC I get 200-300Mbps
The network adapter on my PC is a Killer E2500 Gigabit Ethernet Controller.
Why do I get slower wired connection than wireless connection to the Orbi Satellite?
This should not be happening. The wired connection should never get a worse Speed Test than a WiFi connection to the same satellite.
Would there happen to be another PC available (laptop?) with a gigabit etherent port that is not the "Killer"?
https://hothardware.com/reviews/killer-e2500-gigabit-ethernet-controller-preview
That web description goes into a lot of detail about how this Killer card assigns ethernet data to different priority groups.
Is it possible to disable that feature for the Speed Test?
Also, there is a rumor going around that v4 of the Orbi AX firmware produces worse Speed Test results than v3 firmware. (A number of posts within the past few days). Posts in the AX forum may provide more information. (or at least more interesting reading)
