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Mike_EE
Aspirant
Jul 31, 2018

ORBI RBK50 intranet speed?

Hi -    What is the maximum intranet (intra-home) speed from one RBK50 to another without an Ethernet backhaul? I would like to buy three of these, connect a master to my cable modem (and several...
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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Jul 31, 2018

Depends upon wireless client HW, HW design, signal quality and environment. Usually wireless speeds will not see much over 400-500Mb. MIMO and #x#(2x2 and 3x3 antenna support) will also be a factor as well. Overall wireless can't perform as well as LAN wired 1Gb connections.

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Mike_EE
Aspirant
Jul 31, 2018

Thanks for the response; let me rephrase the question: what would be the highest speed, under ideal conditions, from the Ethernet port of one RBK50 to another RBK50? I understand that clients speeds will vary and I also understand the WiFi is slower than wired Ethernet, but I'm trying to determine the upper bound of the RBK50/RBK50 performance.