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Orbi Much Slower than Modem
Router Much Slower than Modem Some quick information: - 500mbps Internet plan - ROUTER: Orbi RBR20 with 2 satellites near each other running at 50% transmission power (quite a small house). - MO...
michaelkenward No I know my test computer can handle the full 500mb because from what I wrote, I said that when I connect to the modem directly, I can get the full 500mbps. When I connected to the router directly (with and without the switch on the network) using 2 different ethernet cables for the switch to the modem and using the same patch cable that I used on the computer and the modem, I got around 300mbps which was the same on the PS5 (which is connected using ethernet to the sattlite Orbi).
It looks like your modem is also a router: https://www.netgear.com/home/wifi/modems/cm1150v/ - It has multiple ethernet ports to support multiple downstream clients at once. Can you put it into bridge mode? Otherwise if you have Double NAT then that overhead can impact your speed.
Alternatively, setup your RBR50 in Access Point (AP) mode and leave the router functionality to your CM1150V.
- It is not a router. Modem only. Other Ethernet ports are aggregation.
WarriorStrong99 wrote:
It is not a router. Modem only. Other Ethernet ports are aggregation.Indeed. That is clear from the model number.
CM1150v
CM is Netgear's designation for cable modems. (If it existed C1150 would indicate modem/router.) The V bit tells us it has a telephone voice line.
I chip in only to suggest looking at the aggregation options.To rule out yet another possibility, it may sound dumb, but you aren't trying to use that are you?
I'm not one to try shunting people off into irrelevant sections, especially when questions can get answered here, but it might be worth a trip to the cable modem zone to see if anyone has hit a similar brick wall with your modem.
At least one message there smells suspiciously similar:
Search - NETGEAR Communities – CM1150v
We are struggling to come up with a reason why your computer, when wired to the Orbi base, would only get 320 Mbps whereas when wired directly to the modem you get 480 Mbps. Apologies if these are repeats of what's been asked before or if these tests sound desparate:
- There have been some very rare reports of customer network performance impacted by other devices. So is it possible for you to perform a very isolated test where you temporarily disconnect everything and then speed test only with these limited devices over wired connections (take the switch and wireless out of the equation, see if it changes anything):
- Verify you have disabled/have not turned on:Armor, Circle, Speed Test, Access Controls and Traffic Meter
- Temporarily disconnect your switch and anything else connected to your internet, also power off your Orbi RBS50 satellites
- Speed test #1: Modem <-- (wired) Computer, should be 480 Mbps
- Speed test #2: Modem <-- (wired) Orbi RBR50 <-- (wired) Computer, you report 320 Mbps
If you still see the 320 vs. 480 Mbps then I'm out of ideas. If things are back to equivalent, next add things back one-at-a-time to see what is affecting your network (i.e., switch, RBS50s, other network devices). Wireless speeds are a different test and can be done after you first fix wired speeds for everything.
- There have been some very rare reports of customer network performance impacted by other devices. So is it possible for you to perform a very isolated test where you temporarily disconnect everything and then speed test only with these limited devices over wired connections (take the switch and wireless out of the equation, see if it changes anything):
WarriorStrong99 wrote:
It is not a router. Modem only. Other Ethernet ports are aggregation.Apologies, thank you for correcting. I'm surprised it has 4 Gigabit ethernet ports just for aggregation!
I am also surprised that Netgear put 4 10/100/1000 ethernet ports in a modem. My guess is that they needed more than one port to support Link Aggregation and 4-port modules are pretty standard. They might even use the same chassis for other products that are routers.
Love that on page 13 of the manual they talk about the plugs that come standard in ports 2,3,4.
https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/CM1150V/CM1150V_UM_EN.pdf
Was surprised that Link Aggregation was mentioned only in terms of those plugs. Did not find any reference for how to set it up or configure it.
