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Orbi WiFi 6
Hello all. I am sorry if I am asking something that may have been answered.
Upload speeds here are slow. We need upload speed more than download speed. We we were told to get this product. I am about to set it up. The person that recommended it to us said we need to add the netgear cable modem and get rid of the xfinity router. It seems xfinity is the kink in the data hose
My question is: do I contact xfinity and have them use the netgear cable modem as our “hub”, then add the orbi? Is this possible?
Sorry I am not very technical and may sound stupid.
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bomishketi4 wrote:Upload speeds here are slow. We need upload speed more than download speed.
Just to have it right - you need fast upload (Home/Office -> Internet e.g. to push data to Web sites, the cloud, ...) and care less about download (Internet -> Home/Office e.g. multiple IPTV or video streams), correct?
These are (or were sometimes back in 2019) the offerings for Xfinity:
Download speed is always great, but the upload is on most plans pretty poor. They still expect people buying into business contracts (or the high-end plan) when they need higher upload speed ...
If you are working with the ISP rental CPE (Cable modem) I would expect they would send you an upgrade device if the new plan does exceed their hardware you have in place. No need to buy a Netger modem (nice business for the sales person of course).
Tell us what you get there (probably not the community section Orbi with the built-in Cable Modem) - both cable modem and Orbi. Using a Orbi router LAN connected computer, please run a speedtest and show your results vs. the Xfinity plan you pay for.
Note: For the symmetric 2000/2000 Mb/s you need a cable modem and a router supporting link aggregation (or a MultiGig device - don't know if there are any).
