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ORBI 2..4 gHz speeds
Hello An ORBI RBR50 with very slow 2.4Ghz performance. I have a 50Mbs fibre service and wired connections and 5 ghz connections reach full speed but I have a tablet which is 2.4 only and it strug...
And this for the satellite. The ipad was not connected. Speeds on the levono tablet under .5Mbs up and down
Sorry I assumed the problem tablet was an iPad. "Apple people" often have homogenious environments.
I feel comfortable with things like "Internet of Thiings" (IoT) controllers transmitting at a low rate. They are sending only a few packets at a time, and not very often. My guess is the IP camera was probably not sending a video stream at the time and could be just doing "heartbeat" connections. It appears my theory of everything being constrained to a low speed was not correct.
Now that you know how this works, can you take a snapshot while the Lenovo is downloading something? (that takes long enough for you to start the process and take the snapshot before it finishes. Or, maybe run Speedtest several times and repeat the data capture.)
OK - attached for the Router first
And now the satelite. This was done while down loading a netflix file on the table. At the moment things have improved to 5 - 15 Mbs
Many thanks
Thanks for doing the test. We may not have solved your problem, but along the way this has exposed how little I knew about the "inner workiings" of WiFi on the Orbi. Things like:
- The transmit and receive rates are usually not the same. (Maybe because the antennas and radios are different, with the Orbi having larger and more powerful antennas/radios?)
- The transmit and receive rates can change dramatically over time.
- The router and satellite can be on different channels (11 and 6).
The Orbi setting is either for "Auto" or the user selects a channel.
I thought the router and satellite were always on the same channel and that "Auto" just meant that the Orbi would select one channel for both.
So, I am running out of ideas.
Thanks so much - i think my next move is to try my previous dual band wifi ISP thing and see if i get the same issue. This will help with the keep or return problem. I look forward to reconnecting all those devices - twice!
I have also learnt a lot going through the process - using telnet - that's almost as good as coding right?!!
I will update on the saga as I go, and someone else might see this and have another line of enquiry in the mean time
