I have a 1GB fiber connection both ways. When I first set this up I got the speeds I should but it seems after a while devices drop to getting 200/200 each way whether hard wired or on wireless. If I go into traffic monitor and enable it then it goes back to normal for a little while then back to the 200/200. If I turn if off it then goes back to normal for a little while then it's back to the 200/200. It's as if there is some bandwidth allocation setting somewhere but I can't seem to find it. I want this to be at full speeds on all devices. I am on the latest firmware for the RBR and the RBS and all my tests are mainly on a wired desktop which of course is capable of these speeds. When I had the linksys setup I seen 800/800 or more each time on the same device.

Don't use Traffic Meter, Access Controls. These seem to slow down Orbi for some reason when on 1G ISP services.

I do turn off the traffic meter but I do have the access control on even though for some reason it doesn't work on all sites. I put in 3 so far and only 1 is blocked.

Be sure to setup IP address reservations for devices you put in the access control list if you use it.

I have a few devices that have reservation but I have the access control list turned off now to see if that speeds it up. So far it hasn't. Hopefully they will fix this I really like how well it works but if it slows down this much I may have to rethink having this setup. I should be getting 800/800 plus on a wired connection all the time.

I think once access controls are enabled, and then disabled, this won't fix the speed issue. You'll need to factory reset the RBR and setup from scratch again. This time, don't enable Traffic Meter or Access Controls.

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FURRYe38
Guru
Jan 13, 2020
Don't use Traffic Meter, Access Controls. These seem to slow down Orbi for some reason when on 1G ISP services.
- Grandmstrbud
  Aspirant
  Jan 13, 2020
  I do turn off the traffic meter but I do have the access control on even though for some reason it doesn't work on all sites. I put in 3 so far and only 1 is blocked.
  - FURRYe38
    Guru
    Jan 13, 2020
    Be sure to setup IP address reservations for devices you put in the access control list if you use it.
Grandmstrbud
Aspirant
Jan 13, 2020
I did try to factory reset it and it worked for about 5 minutes the fast speeds then back down to 200 or so. I gave up plugged in my Linksys EA7300 and back to the 900 range I was. I didn't need this but read a lot of good things about it and figured why not. I like some of the features like VPN and the parental controls but the parental controls didn't even work. It would block one site and that was it the rest I had in there it allowed. Maybe I got a bad unit it's hard to say but after spending 2 hours the first day with issues setting it up and a few more hours messing with it I am not impressed at all. At first I was really liking it and told a few co-workers about it but oh well. Maybe I'll try the Linksys Velop device but mayber I better give up on the mesh systems all together. Had the Google Next WiFi but didn't like the fact it had 1 ethernet port and didn't have the option to hard wire the other units and the lack of some feature as well and being forced to use an app.

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