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Orbi RB50 periodic slow internet speeds since 2.0.0.74 - fine after reboot
Since the update to 2.0.0.74, periodically my Internet speed will slow down from the normal 65+Mbps to around 8Mbps and occasionally as slow as 1Mbps (as per speedtest.net), and I'll see ping latency...
I've got an update on what's been happening: I realized that although I'd done a restore factory defaults from the web interface, I had not yet done a reset directly on the devices themselve. I'll do that shortly.
However, I discovered one very odd thing: I decided to check other devices on my network, both wired and wireless, when the issue occurred. Surprisingly, performance on all the devices I tested, both wired or wireless, seemed fine. One thing I found was that my main PC (the one I've been testing with) is plugged into a switch which is connected to the router. I don't believe it's the switch itself (since I haven't touched that), but I've now swapped the cable to my main PC to go directly to the Orbi. I'll give it a day or so and see what happens.
Thanks for the feedback.
So I played around yesterday (one change at a time) : rebooted the router (seemed to improve the DL a little bit), switched it to AP mode (I had left it in router mode but really it makes more sense to have it in AP) and it might have helped a tiny bit but...the one thing I noticed is that I get different dl/up speed results depending on the internet speed test I use.
From the Orbi app and Ookla website, I get around 45 mbps DL and 85-90 up.
When I use Bandwith Place, Fast.com, Testmy.net or the Verizon tester, I get 85-90mbps in DL!
Not sure which one to trust now!!
I wouldn't think you could compare different speedtest implementations. Even if they use the same technology, they wouldn't likely use the same servers and routes. I don't trust my ISP's speedtest, even though it is Ookla's technology, because they test against one of their own servers. I want to know how fast I can work with servers that are outside my ISP's bulwarks.
