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Orbi Satellite (RBS50) Ethernet/LAN Port Speed on Gigabit Internet
I recently installed a RBK50 Router (RBR50) and Satellite (RBS50). Both are working fine. I have Gigabit internet running through a SB8200 Gigabit modem. Through some controlled speed testing, I get 9...
Faster than wired? No.
It has a 1733mbps backhaul. And that's link speed. Link speed isn't throughput speed. throughput is roughly 55-65% of what the link speed is. And if they were right next to each other, they might get the full 1733mbps link speed. but they need to be at least 30ft apart. And they're 5ghz so you see speeds drop off faster because it doesn't broadcast as far or through as much materials.
So its a great feature as the wireless backhaul lets you spread them out but it isn't going to be as fast as a wired backhaul with the AC versions.
Plemans,
Thanks for the input. Since my post I checked the speeds with a wired backhaul and computer hardwired into the satellite and as you would expect it was full speed (~900-930 Mbps). Removing the wired backhaul (but keeping the computer hardwired to the satellite) dropped the speeds back down to what I had been seeing (~500-550 Mbps). These wireless data were consistent if I had 1 foot or 40 feet distance between the router and satellite.