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Orbi Throttling Wired Ethernet connection
I noticed this morning that our RBR40 seems to be throttling our 200 Mbps Interenet speeds down to about 90 Mbps on the wired connections around my home. Wifi is at 200Mbps+. I did separate multiple...
ekhalil FURRYe38 , After borrowing a thunderbolt to giagbit adapter, a usb-c to gigabit adapter and a very long cat 6 cable, I think I was able to determine that there may be a problem with the CAT 6 cable running from the RBR40 to the jack in my office. I connected the long CAT6 directly from my RBR40 to my Imac and got full speeds and 1000baset hardware. I connected my Macbook to the RBR40 and got full speed. I then connected my Macbook to the jack in my office and got 90mbps and 100baset hardware. I'm going to change the connector on the old CAT 6 and see if that restores full speeds. In the mean time wi-fi gives me full speed.
Bielski wrote:
I noticed this morning that our RBR40 seems to be throttling our 200 Mbps Interenet speeds down to about 90 Mbps on the wired connections around my home. Wifi is at 200Mbps+. I did separate multiple speed tests on my iMac and also on my Apple TVs that that have wired connections. I've rebooted the Orbi, my Spectrum cable mode, and my iMac and nothing has solved the throttling. Does anyone have anything I can try before doing a factory reset? It really is crazy that Netgear offers absolutely ZERO free support for their products. Thanks!!
1) Do the wired device get IP addresses from Orbi or from the Spectrum modem/router? Please check the IP addresses of those wired devices and compare them with what you see on the wireless devices. If they are in different ranges then this can be an issue caused by the Spectrum modem is not just a modem but also a router.
2) What other wired devices do you have in the network? Do you have any wired speakers (e.g. Sonos) connected to Orbi?
Thanks for the reply -
1) Do the wired device get IP addresses from Orbi or from the Spectrum modem/router? Please check the IP addresses of those wired devices and compare them with what you see on the wireless devices. If they are in different ranges then this can be an issue caused by the Spectrum modem is not just a modem but also a router. - The IP addresses all seem to be coming from the same place (Orbi.) They are all in the 192.168.1.1-255 range. Our modem is just a modem only. We previously had a separate router that was connected to it that the Orbi replaced to boost our Wi-Fi.
2) What other wired devices do you have in the network? Do you have any wired speakers (e.g. Sonos) connected to Orbi? I also tested my hardwired Apple TV and they are also exhibiting the same throttling on Ethernet, but full speeds on Wi-Fi.
- Do you see the same throttling issue if the wired devices is connected to the Router the same way that when it's connected to the Satellites?
- The issue can be caused by one wired device. Please try to disconnect all wired devices and connect them one by one and see if you can identify a "bad" device.
Thanks ekhalil for the help.
- Do you see the same throttling issue if the wired devices is connected to the Router the same way that when it's connected to the Satellites?
My devices were always connected to the router via CAT 6 wired jacks in my home. I only have (1)RBR40 Router and (2)RBW30 Plug In Satellites. Everything connected via WI-Fi to Satellites gets 200Mbps. The wired devices bewteen 90-95Mbps.
- The issue can be caused by one wired device. Please try to disconnect all wired devices and connect them one by one and see if you can identify a "bad" device.
I disconnected everything but the cable going directly into my iMac and there was no speed change.
Am I heading down the road towards a factory reset??