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Orbi slow file transfer from wireless client to wired client
New Orbi owner and i'm generally satisfied. I have a PC desktop wirelessly connected to the Orbi on the 5GHz band and when I was using my Asus RT-N66U, I would consistently see 20MBps (that's bytes) ...
WMM should be enabled all the time, regardless of media. This keeps the speeds good on wifi. It's mainly for troubleshooting if needed.
Daisy Chaing is for two or more satellites. You can disable it.
astrojohn wrote:
Since multi-media isn't of much interest to me, I figured turning it off would avoid any kind of QoS functionality (I had it turned off in my Asus) so I turned it off. That's when the xfer speed dropped considerably. I re-enabled it and suddenly I'm back to a reasonable rate. From what I can tell on the hidden web pages, QoS isn't even enabled - or maybe I'm misreading what I'm seeing. And file xfers should be in the background at lowest priority which is exactly what I don't want.
Re daisy-chaining: the Help states it only applies to a three unit system - I presume they mean three satellites but I could be wrong again!
Many laptops will not roam automatically and will get stuck to a farther away access point.
Start by ensuring your wireless client is connected to the closest Orbi unit. Turn WiFi OFF then back ON again on your laptop. Then look at the WiFi link rate (connection speed) with the Orbi unit. Your throughput will only be ~50% of the link rate, so if your client is not connecting at a fast rate, you won't see maximum throughput.
In Windows, it takes some digging to look up the link rate. This link may help.
https://helpdesk.flexradio.com/hc/en-us/articles/201842733-How-to-Determine-your-Wi-Fi-Adapter-Speed
I thought I had the problem solved. My TP-Link WDN4800 adapter reported 300Mbps transfer speed and a 1GB+ file transfered at 15MBps.
Tested again today and the adapter reports 54Mbps (with occasional drops to 6Mbps) and is connected in 802.11a mode rather than 802.11n which I expected. The client is physically located directly under the Orbi main router and the client is connected to it on the 5GHz band.
FWIW, I have 3 Apple devices, a RING doorbell, Dropcam and a Samsung TV connecting on 5GHz, the same as yesterday when I saw the 300Mbps rate. Dropcam and TV are not accessing the WiFi and the Apple and RING clients are also mostly quiet.
Although I can see both bands, the Orbi will not let me connect on 2.4GHz, it reconnects on 5. And the 2.4GHz band is reported as 802.11g by the TP-Link software. Both signals are equally strong
I tried a laptop running Windows 10 and it also reports the 54Mbps rate. There's very little activity on 5GHz and the Orbi is overwhelming neighboring WiFi systems.
I'm not sure why I can't force my TP-Link adapter on the PC to connect on the 2.4GHz band, never had a problem with my Asus router.
Is there a way to kill the obsolete 802.11a mode?
John