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Orbi RBK40 AC2200 Portable Device WiFi Speeds dropped 80% with no deliberate change to system setup!
Wireless speeds of several portable (Android) devices recently dropped ~80% from previous speeds while WiFi speeds of a desktop and laptop have not. ISP service speed is 200 Mbps and this is mea...
Hi plemans,
Yes, all the devices affected operate on 5GHz. 2.4GHz is being used only by a couple of smart speakers and security devices.
It seems the low performance only affects the handheld (i.e., Android) devices as I just ran Speedtest again from a Win10 desktop connected by WiFi and it reported ~200Mbps.
I understand that they operate on 5ghz. But the orbi bandsteers.
It moves devices from 2.4ghz to 5ghz as needed.
So you'd actually have to log into the orbi to see what band its on
Agreed; that's what I did. I logged into the router to view the mapping of devices across the router, satellites and their assigned frequency band. I also read the assignments, signal strengths, and channel load in the Orbi app on a tablet and phone.
I will monitor the band assignments over time as I move through the house.
Is there a way to disable the bandsteering and lockdown a device to a band?
No, with orbi there's no way to disable bandsteering.
its one of the challenges with mesh systems
plemans, thank you for your comments. Large speed discrepancies also exist on other channels I tried and if I didn't mention it before, test results are also hugely different between Ookla's Speedtest and the Orbi app, when taken on my Android phone (moto g6).
There may be something amiss with my settings - although I believe the problem surfaced using default settings - but there seems to be a difference in how these apps measure speed. Results from multiple tests vary (as wireless signals are prone to do) but the magnitude of the difference remains the same.
Anyway, I'd be surprised if these observations are unique thoughout this community.