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Irondogs
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Oct 17, 2020

Orbi RBR50 Too Slow

I have an Arris Surfboard 8200 with 1GB service from RCN. I just paid to increase my speed from 250 to 1GB but see no improvement. Windows 10 PCs. When I plug in my PC to the modem I get about 950...
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Mstrbig
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Oct 17, 2020
Irondogs wrote:

I have an Arris Surfboard 8200 with 1GB service from RCN.

I just paid to increase my speed from 250 to 1GB but see no improvement.

Windows 10 PCs.

When I plug in my PC to the modem I get about 950Mbps.

When I plug the PC into the router with the same cable I get about 200-400Mbps.

My wireless hovers around 200-300 at best.

What can I do to improve it? I have reset to factory settings. Current Firmware is 2.5.2.4. Orbi speedtest is over 900.

Thanks.

Try these settings:
Disable Circle, Armor, Daisy Chaining, Fast Roaming, IPv6 and uncheck 20/40Mhz Coexistence.
Enable WMM, Implicit BeamForming, Mu-MIMO
Set Short preamble mode. Save settings, reboot Orbi.
If wired, what cable size was used, as wrong size can cause slow speed.