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Orbi: We really need separate SSID for 2.4 Ghz and 5Ghz or speed is limited to less than 200 Mbps
TLDR: With Orbi, my 5Ghz capable devices are "forced" to connect to 2.4 Ghz most of the time, slowing down speed. Tested against 3 different routers and my 5Ghz capable can connect to 5Ghz network al...
The actual problem seems to be with the speed supported in 5g itself. I turned off 2g and only enabled 5g. My samsung edge device could only reach low 90mbps for both upload and download. If i directly connect to my verizon gigbit router then i can go up to 300+ mbps. I also know for sure that i did turn off 2g in orbi because some of the low end devices couldnt even see/pickup tge orbi ssid.
If there is no way to increase speed beyond 300+ mbps in orbi 5g then $400 is not worth it.
If there is no way to increase speed beyond 300+ mbps in orbi 5g then $400 is not worth it.
Moh_V It wasn't clear from what you wrote. If you can get 300 Mbps on that phone with the Verizon router then you should do better than 92 Mbs with Orbi. Something must be wrong. I have a couple questions:
1. Is your verizon rotuer's WiFi still active? You should turn it OFF.
2. Is Orbi in Access Point mode? You should put Orbi in Access Point mode if you are still using your Verizon router.
3. You said you disabled 2 GHz. How exactly did you do that? The latest Orbi firmware does not allow disabling bands.
4. Check your cabling and connections to make sure Orbi is connected through to your router using gigabit hardware and cat5e or better cables. A speed limit of 92 Mbs sounds like Orbi could be limited by a 100 Mbps LAN connection somewhere.
5. What do you get for a speed test if you wire a computer to the Orbi router?
st_shaw wrote:4. Check your cabling and connections to make sure Orbi is connected through to your router using gigabit hardware and cat5e or better cables. A speed limit of 92 Mbs sounds like Orbi could be limited by a 100 Mbps LAN connection somewhere.
If you're taking bets, my money is on #4.
- Ok thank you. The issue was with cable. I replaced it and im getting similar speeds.
