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ORBI Wifi Speed Drops
Hey Guys, So I have had my Orbi several months now. Every 3-4 weeks the wifi speed drops to below 30 mbs for download. However the speed test on the unit read 190 mps. The wired speeds also drop to e...
Still no news from support and same random speed drops every couple of weeks, wired and unwired
Just happened again today, all speeds down to below 50 Mbps, wired and wireless, but still reads full speed at the box 195mbps at the box. Haven't changed, added or done anything other than use my handful of devices as usual? Any ideas anybody before I go through the whole factory reset process all over again? Anybody use any other mesh network type routers that do or don't have this problem? I'm losing my patience with this system now
- Still no luck with this and haven’t heard from tech support. Only fix I have found is a complete factory reset every time the speed drops from 190 down to about 30mbps. Anybody else coming across this or have any ideas? Ethernet cord and speed test at the modem are all consistent
After updating to 2.0.0.74 manually - https://kb.netgear.com/000048467/RBR50-RBS50-Firmware-Version-2-0-0-74
Haven't had too many issues and found the 5GHz band to be bit better. My iMac would fall back to 2.4 GHz after 8 hours on the older firmware. Hope this helps.
Late 2013 iMac 5 GHz WIFI - GoogleFiber. Beamforming, MIMO, and Fast Roaming on. I still haven't played with these on the latest firmware though. Speedtest in the admin panel shows 585 Down and 742 Up.
- Have the new firmware and the same old problem. The admin panel still shows speeds of 190 mbps which is about what I pay for and the wireless is still at around 40mbps and stuck there, until I do a factory reset, then it will do it again after a few days or a few weeks.... any suggestions? I have changed wires, channels, moved router and satellites around, done speed test of multiple devices. I’m stumped