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Orbi ethernet speed significantly slower than wifi
My wifi is working great. I pay for 100 mbps download and get at least that through the Orbi wifi. However, when I plug a laptop directly into the ethernet ports it's a whole different story. I ge...
I did think of that and I did try a different cable. I had several devices plugged into it via etherent cable and all the devices (two desktop monitors and one IP phone) all resulted in the same extreme low speed.
Hmmmm? That is really odd. Most of the complaints on this forum are about WiFI speeds being slow and hard-wire are fine. I suggest you factory reset the Orbi and reload the most current firmware. Hopefully that will clear its "brain". It is possible you got a defective system. If it is still under warranty you might try a return/replace. Sorry I'm not much help, but as I mentioned, it is usually the wifi that has difficulty and not the hard-wire section.