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Orbi WiFi speed slow
Please help... I have the orbi rbk50 set up and was fine. However recently I have noticed the speed is slow. When I test in the orbi app it thinks it is 50mb but when I test on mobile I am getting abo...
Just updated fireware to latest one today in the hope that would help... It has been doing it for a few days now so not the new fw to blame. The router is a Vodafone one supplied from isp. I am using the speed test app on android to test speed and ironically it is the same service that the orbi uses and the speeds are so different. The home is 1200sft I am using channel 11 on 2ghz and 40 on 5ghz.
Will look at changing those settings and see if that works.
Will look at changing those settings and see if that works.
Yes, make a scan to see if others in the neighbourhood are using the same channels and choose an unused channel if possible.
- Yes I have, quite congested but I am on a free 5ghz channel and the least congested 2ghz channel too so I am on the best that I can be.
You can try the following:
- Test another 5 GHz channel
- Do you have old devices connected to the network to use Long Preamble Mode which will lower the max speed for other devices if you Have Auto Mode (difference should not be that big as you see though). Try to set the Preamble Mode to Short and see if this will improve.
- As a last resort, try "calibrating" the CTS/RTS Threshold. Test with values like 2341/2345 for the 2.4GHz/5GHz.
I had a similar issue today playing with settings. I'm on a gig connection and could get no better than about 21meg or up on any wireless device. While toying with wifi power, channels and other settings I had turned OFF the WMM (wi-fi multimedia settings) under Advanced, Wireless Settings for both 2.4 and 5ghz channels. Not sure why but once I turned this off my wi-fi bandwidth just wouldn't go past about 20meg. Turned WMM back on and am getting about 400 meg on my cell phone now.
Check you WMM status also and switch it to see if it changes anything.