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Orbi Satellite wired but significantly slower than main router
I recently installed an office pod in the back garden and ran a Cat 6 cable from the main switch (connected to RBR40) out to the pod (about 30 mtrs). The cat 6 is then hard wired to a RBS40. When...
Thank you Furry for your advice, I'll check your proposed settings out tomorrow and report back.
Interesting though, I checked the wired speed on my PC in the pod, that was only getting 94mbps, so my satellite router's performance is significantly reduced by the speed coming through the wired connection.
Now I'm struggling to understand why the switch that the pod is connected to delivers 300mbps to my PC but only 30mtrs of cable drops that to a 3rd of the speed? But that would explain the wifi speed from the RBS.
Any ideas?
Please give some feed back to the questions presented.
Blair2201 wrote:Thank you Furry for your advice, I'll check your proposed settings out tomorrow and report back.
Interesting though, I checked the wired speed on my PC in the pod, that was only getting 94mbps, so my satellite router's performance is significantly reduced by the speed coming through the wired connection.
Now I'm struggling to understand why the switch that the pod is connected to delivers 300mbps to my PC but only 30mtrs of cable drops that to a 3rd of the speed? But that would explain the wifi speed from the RBS.
Any ideas?
So to restate ... you have:
Orbi Router - Switch - Orbi Satellite
Off the Swith you get 300. Off the Satellite you get 90. Correct?
There is a recommend configuration and port setup when hard wiring the router to the satellite.
The Orbi devices can be sensitive to the types of switches used. General rule is unmanaged and not green powered increases your odds of success.
