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Orbi RBK50 Speeds Drop
I recently bought an RBK50 kit with an RBR50 router and RBS50 satellite. Set up was kind of a pain. It's been working for a while with some disappointing performance. Internet service that I get is a...
Backup your Orbi settings, factory reset and reconfigure your Orbi system following the App's instructions. Make sure you reboot your ISP modem before setup. Since my modem is just that, I reset it. Once your Orbi is back up and running, connect your devices.
As a side note, when I first setup my Orbi RBK53 system, I had problems with devices connected to the wrong Orbi, speed and forced 2.4Ghz connections when devices supported 5Ghz. What solved my speed and connection issues was to reboot each camera, forget the network and re-login on each PC, phone, gaming console and tablet, soft reset each TV and reconfigure the WIFI, and reset and reconfigure my 3 wireless thermostats. All in all I have 24+ devices connected wireless and wired, and every one of them now connect to the proper Orbi node, have the correct WIFI connection and proper connection speed.
Example: I just looked at my phone and it is connected to my Orbi at 780Mbps and the speed test, through my browser, was 474 down, 53 up on a net service of 500/50.
I have yet to sort this out myself. I've gone through set up process multiple times, have tried different settings, ran wired connection to satellite. Mine still only shows 40 Mbps during speed test from device. But... I've also never had an issue with video's lagging or downloads seeming to take that long. I don't know if it's trying to do some sort of management and throttling things based on demand or what. I've just kind of dealt with it for now.
Very expensive system to just "deal with it", and I'm outside my warranty period. But, too many other concerns to worry about these days.
You can try Voxels FW for Orbi:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Voxels-FW-available-for-50-series-Orbi-only-available/m-p/1883615#
https://www.snbforums.com/threads/custom-firmware-build-for-orbi-a-la-faq.65224/
You can revert back to stock FW if it doesn't work out for you.
srdavis872 wrote:I have yet to sort this out myself. I've gone through set up process multiple times, have tried different settings, ran wired connection to satellite. Mine still only shows 40 Mbps during speed test from device. But... I've also never had an issue with video's lagging or downloads seeming to take that long. I don't know if it's trying to do some sort of management and throttling things based on demand or what. I've just kind of dealt with it for now.
Very expensive system to just "deal with it", and I'm outside my warranty period. But, too many other concerns to worry about these days.
