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Orbi RBR50 with Fiber from Odido
I had fiber optic from Odido connected, 1 Gb/s. Should be nice and fast. I have an Orbi mesh system (Orbi RBR50) with a satellite on the first floor. My work computer is on the second floor, attic. Now I only get a speed of about 60 GB/s in the attic. If I do a speed test of the Orbi itself (which is connected to the Modem that comes with Odido) I get 939 GB/s. So it seems pretty fast to me. A computer downstairs on the ground floor achieves 'only' 450 GB/s via WIFI, not the 939 GB. What could that be? That my computer upstairs only reaches 60 GB/sec over the WIFI, so downstairs it reaches 450 GB/sec. But not the 1 GB/s I thought I could achieve. Ok, I'm doing it over WIFI, so I think you will lose a little speed. But that I only get 60 upstairs and only 450 downstairs...? IS the Orbi mesh not good enough? Too outdated? Will it work if I buy a new Orbi system (nicely expensive) or do I have to buy the WIFI points that you get from Odido itself.
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casse wrote:
I had fiber optic from Odido connected, 1 Gb/s. Should be nice and fast. I have an Orbi mesh system (Orbi RBR50) with a satellite on the first floor.
What device sits between the RBR50 and the Internet? Some ISPs like to supply combined modem-ONT/routers.
...or do I have to buy the WIFI points that you get from Odido itself.
Kind of suggests that they may have provided a router combination.
A computer downstairs on the ground floor achieves 'only' 450 GB/s via WIFI, not the 939 GB. What could that be?You will never get a WiFi connection that delivers that wired speed. There is always some "overhead", not least all of the walls and floors between the WiFi source and the client, your PC.
Depending on the WiFi client 450 Gbps is pretty good, better than many people get with wired devices and a slow ISP.
Too outdated? Will it work if I buy a new Orbi system (nicely expensive) ....The RBK bundles do date back to 2017. So not exactly the newest kids on the block.
But a new system probably won't have WiFi so much more powerful that it can penetrate too many layers of reinforced concrete.
Just another user with time on their hands.
casse wrote:
Is the Orbi mesh not good enough? Too outdated? Will it work if I buy a new Orbi system (nicely expensive) or do I have to buy the WIFI points that you get from Odido itself.
This original Orbi is a WiFi5 system (802.11ac) that supports the gigabit fiber internet connection and provides nearly "full speed" to devices that are 'wired' to the router and is capable of 400 megabites/second to devices connected with WiFi.
In the eight years since this Orbi was introduced, WiFi has advanced to WiFi6 (802.11ax) and recently to WiFi6E and WiFi7. If both the customer WiFi system and the customer's WiFi devices support these standards, then it is possible to get higher WiFi speed.
Internet suppliers have also begun furnishing mesh WiFi systems to customers, typically WiFi6 systems. Thus, if you have devices which support more modern WiFi systems, replacing the Orbi with a newer product or installing whatever brand of mesh system Odido provides could lead to higher connection speeds.
Your main issue, however, is that WiFi is affected dramatically by (a) distance from the WiFi access point, and (b) building materials in the path between access point and device. This is physics. Mesh WiFi systems are designed to connect with WiFi signals because installing Ethernet cables is often impractical. (If it was trivial, that PC in the attic would already be connected to the router with an Ethernet cable.)
Thus, replacing the existing Orbi with a newer system (from Odido, Netgear, or any other vendor) will face the same obstacle.
