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Orbi RBR50 Speed when connected to base vs satellite
Hi I have my Orbi RBR50 main unit in a bedroom connected to the Frontier Modem. When my phone connects to it via Wi-Fi and I run Ookla Speedtest I see over 500mbs speed download. When I go to my ga...
Hanco wrote:
Whats wrong?
The standard questions in this case are:
- What is the straight line distance between the router and satellite?
As the distance increases, the effective communication rate between router and satellite drops.
For the RBR50-RBS50 pair, the maximum theoretical communication rate between router and satellite is 1,733MB/s.
This rate might be achieved if the router and satellite sit a foot apart.
In my case, the satellite lies about 25 ft. from the router. The WiFi signal passes through three walls (common drywall), a wooden floor, and a bunch of floor joists. The actual transmission rate between router and satellite is 780MB/s, i.e. less than half of the maximum possible rate. - How much "building material" lies in this pathway? (such as walls, concrete, brick)
- Does the performance change if the satellite is moved around in the garage?
(Sometimes there are materials inside walls which affect WiFi signals and moving the satellite will avoid those materials.)
Thanks for the ideas all. In the end, multiple restarts of everything sneezed to do the trick. Not sure what happened but base station router and satellite in the same place and we got full speed in the end.