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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...
Today i noticed the same. I also have the RBK 40 with 2 sat. Both sats are connecting with 5GHZ with good sinal to the router. I also have a 200mbps internet speed.
Usually i can get around 180 to 200 mbps in wifi on my laptop or my smartphone. Today, doing some tests i'm getting around 100 mbps wifi speed.
This is over 5Ghz. I've checked the channels, rebooted ISP and orbi routers, checked if devices where at 5ghz wifi 5 at max 866mbps and all ok..
I've not changed anything in the Orbi for months... The only thing i've noticed changed is the firmware.... Maybe it was that... Can't confirm, but that's the only thing i noticed that changed
The problem was first noticed after upgrading firmware to v2.6.2.104.