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Orbi RBK53s vs. Nighthawk x6s... Ethernet half the speed?
Soooo ok... I have Gig internet at home and had the Nighthark x6s setup. Had issues with the x6s... it loses its config anytime it loses power. Got PRETTY annoying,
I upgraded - so I thought - to the RBK53... while my wireless in my home is FAR superior... (in that I'm getting 400mb pretty much everywhere...) my WIRED internet caps out at about 500-530mb now...
Is there a setting I need to look at? LITERALLY the only change was setting up the new Orbi system today. Had Gig on my hardwired PC earlier when running through the x6s... now... I'm half the speed. Box also says "wifi speeds up to 3 gbps" - though maybe I'd see gig wifi in the house. (When I was standing next to the modem - my iPhone would get above 900mb wireless previously - but I had to be really close to it.)
So far I'm very unimpressed with the performance.
VERY much welcome any assistance in troubleshooting this issue. Thanks!
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You said if you hook up to the modem, you get full gigabit speeds?
Are you using disney circle, parental controls, traffic monitoring, or qos? If so, disable these.
What firmware are you on?
What modem are you using?
Hey plemans - appreciate the response!
If I connect direct - yes. I get gig. When I was connected through the former nighthawk - (Modem to Nighthawk - Nighthawk to PC) I also got gig.
Going through the admin panel:
Disney Circle, Parental Controls, Traffic Meter, Access Control, Site Blocking, Service Blocking, IGMP Proxying, - These are all eitehr disabled or not configured/selected.
I don't see anywhere - any settings for QoS - I clicked through all the menus on it I believe.
These two are enabled:
Enable 20/40 MHz Coexistence Enable WMM (Wi-Fi multimedia) settings
I am on Firmware vc2.5.0.38 (most recent - on base and satelites)
I do have Beamforming, MU-MIMO, and Fast Roaming enabled... UPnP is on...
Here are the Wireless Settings I see as well - should the 5g be higher?
Region North America
2.4G Channel Auto ( 9 )
2.4G Mode Up to 400 Mbps
5G Channel 36+40+44+48(P)
5G Mode Up to 866.7 Mbps
The modem is a Hitron - provided by my cable provider.
What is the model# of the Hitron modem? There a built i router here by chance or is it just a modem?
Has a factory reset and setup from scratch been performed since last FW update?
FYI:
Having a similar issue with the RBR50... after updating to 2.5.0.38, the performance of my wired and WiFi connections is way below my connection's actual speed by at least 100Mbps.
This is likely a firmware, rather than a hardware, problem.
