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Orbi Satellite Slowdown
I continue to have problems with one Orbi satellite that after two-three days of use slows it's throughput dramatically. I can normally connect and get a full 300 Mpbs connection via the satellite, ...
The house is 2100 sqft. My satelite is about 25 ft from the base unit. They are on different floors but it is a fairly straight line of site path down the stairs and the backhaul status says "Good". I get the same speeds when connected to the satellite or the base unit so I don't think there is any bottleneck there.
I definitely have wifi neighbors but I use a wifi analizer app to determine which channels are unpopulated and have my orbi set to use those. I have tried different channels but currently no other router is on the channel I have things set to on the 5ghz band and there are some very week signals on the 2.4ghz band. Restarting the orbi and leaving it on the same channel resolves the speed issue for days so this shouldn't be an interference issue. It also doesn't change once it starts going slow as once it is back to 40mbps it stays there until a restart. This isn't something that fluctuates. It is either running properly or it isn't. A reboot is the only cure.
I have tried many combinations of settings with no help but currently I do have MIMO and WMM turned on. I have never enabled Armor or Circle. I have tried with Daisy chain enabled and disabled but it currently is disabled. IPv6 is currently disabled. I don't see an option to set 20/40Mhz Coexistence to 40Mhz only. It is just a checkbox to enable or disable it. I guess I could disable it and see if it helps. I feel like I may have already done that but I could try to disable it.
I have performed a factory restore once shortly after purchasing the unit but that did not have any affect as after a few days the speeds went back down to 40mbps.
25 feet maybe a bit too close. Might try a bit farther out if possible. 30 feet is a good starting point.
When you uncheck the 20/40Mhz check box, this changed to 40Mhz only.
You might want to file a support ticket regarding this:
https://www.netgear.com/mynetgear/registration/login.aspx
tannertanner wrote:The house is 2100 sqft. My satelite is about 25 ft from the base unit. They are on different floors but it is a fairly straight line of site path down the stairs and the backhaul status says "Good". I get the same speeds when connected to the satellite or the base unit so I don't think there is any bottleneck there.
I definitely have wifi neighbors but I use a wifi analizer app to determine which channels are unpopulated and have my orbi set to use those. I have tried different channels but currently no other router is on the channel I have things set to on the 5ghz band and there are some very week signals on the 2.4ghz band. Restarting the orbi and leaving it on the same channel resolves the speed issue for days so this shouldn't be an interference issue. It also doesn't change once it starts going slow as once it is back to 40mbps it stays there until a restart. This isn't something that fluctuates. It is either running properly or it isn't. A reboot is the only cure.
I have tried many combinations of settings with no help but currently I do have MIMO and WMM turned on. I have never enabled Armor or Circle. I have tried with Daisy chain enabled and disabled but it currently is disabled. IPv6 is currently disabled. I don't see an option to set 20/40Mhz Coexistence to 40Mhz only. It is just a checkbox to enable or disable it. I guess I could disable it and see if it helps. I feel like I may have already done that but I could try to disable it.
I have performed a factory restore once shortly after purchasing the unit but that did not have any affect as after a few days the speeds went back down to 40mbps.