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Orbi Throttling Wired Ethernet connection
All,
I'm new to the forum, and having an issue regarding my Orbi RBK50 limiting/throttling my wired Ethernet. The WiFi portion works great, it is only an issue with the wired ethernet. Here is wh...
Problem solved!
I obtained a friends laptop computer and connected it via ethernet to my satellite, got full speed, with wireless also got the same high speeds. Then I tried connecting the same laptop to the ethernet from the RBR and got full speed! Now I realize it is something in my desktop, rather than the Orbi router!
Not having this desktop for very long, after digging into the settings, I found it has a "Killer" E2400 Gigabit ethernet controller, with an associated application that was preset to controlling the speed of each application. Turned this off and viola...full speed now coming in via the ethernet cable!
One of the reasons I was stumped is I had been getting good speeds (120Mbps) prior to installing my new modem, and then started getting limited speeds via ethernet and full speeds with the wireless...weird. Somehow the Killer application must have started limiting the wired speed for some unknow reason, and allowing the full WiFi speeds (go figure)
Anyway, greatly appreciate all the help and advice...learned a lot during the process!
Got it, thanks. I figured that out after a bit!
Going to do a test to see if it is just the Orbi router that is affected by connecting my computer via cable to the satellite ethernet port. If I get full speeds through there, I will know the satellite is passing the signal through ok and the ethernet port issue is restricted to the Router itself. BTW I did try all the ports on the back of the router to see if it was limited to any particular one, however all have the same issue.
I looked into contacting Netgear regarding a warranty replacement, it is pretty hard to find out how to get in touch with them. I was finally able to find a number, will try to contact them after I do the last test with the satellite.
Will keep posting as things progress...
Problem solved!
I obtained a friends laptop computer and connected it via ethernet to my satellite, got full speed, with wireless also got the same high speeds. Then I tried connecting the same laptop to the ethernet from the RBR and got full speed! Now I realize it is something in my desktop, rather than the Orbi router!
Not having this desktop for very long, after digging into the settings, I found it has a "Killer" E2400 Gigabit ethernet controller, with an associated application that was preset to controlling the speed of each application. Turned this off and viola...full speed now coming in via the ethernet cable!
One of the reasons I was stumped is I had been getting good speeds (120Mbps) prior to installing my new modem, and then started getting limited speeds via ethernet and full speeds with the wireless...weird. Somehow the Killer application must have started limiting the wired speed for some unknow reason, and allowing the full WiFi speeds (go figure)
Anyway, greatly appreciate all the help and advice...learned a lot during the process!
One of those odd ones for sure. Glad you found the root cuase.
Enjoy.