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Psyon001's avatar
Jan 15, 2018
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Orbi Limiting Speed - wired & wireless

I just had Gig internet installed on Friday and when it was installed I had the ethernet cable connected directly from the modem to my Macbook which reported speeds on avergae of 985Mbps. After conne...
  • Psyon001's avatar
    Jan 15, 2018

    Disregard, I found the culprit. I forgot I placed a small ethernet switch under the table using the same cable from Orbi. After some digging around I found it was only 100Mbps switch. I'll be returning that to Amazon now. Also the speed test on Orbi Config QoS must be off because after connecting Mac directly to Orbi I got 690 Mbps on the first attempt.