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jagdish1973
May 11, 2020Aspirant
Not getting more than 100 mbps speed ( Orbi Router RBR 50 )
Hello I have Orbi Router RBR 50. Though I have a 300Mbps speed internet line, my router is allowing me only 100mbps. Is this model capable of 100 Mbps only or is there any setting I need to look into ...
tomschmidt
May 11, 2020Virtuoso
Check your network patch cable between your modem and RBR50 WAN port. It should be CAT5e or CAT6 to handle gigabit speed. CAT5 may only handle 100Mb/s speed.
You can also login to your routers web interface at http://orbilogin.com and click the Advanced Tab and then click the "Show Statistics" button. Verify that this page shows 100M/FULL for the status of your WAN link.
- jagdish1973May 11, 2020Aspirant
Thanks for the quick response
am using Cat 6 and also checked the advanced tab and it shows 100M / Full
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- tomschmidtMay 11, 2020Virtuoso
I would try swapping the LAN2 cable that shows it has 1000M/FULL with the WAN cable to see if fixes the issue. You may have a bad network patch cable.
- jagdish1973May 11, 2020Aspirant
swapped out the cables, ports, new cat 6 cables... done all permutations and combinations
getting LAN and wifi speed @ 100 mbps
when checked out with a cheaper version of the router... with the same cables and new ones getting 280 Mbps, only issue with it is its very old and wifi is pretty bad. spent a Bomb on Orbi and am stuck with 100 Mbps :(