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Orbi Wired Speeds Unacceptably Slow - Wifi Not Impacted - QoS Issues?
Ever since I have received my Orbi, I have been plauged with wired speed connection issues. My wired connection speed continues to be throttled from 10-20Mbps no matter what steps I take. My wireless...
I have to say I am usually a Netgear fan, but they sorely disappointed me here. they were ZERO help, up to and including denying this thread even existed.
After going through some HORRIBLE attempted support from Netgear, this turned out to be a relatively simple fix for me. It had to do with the router connection speed and duplex in Windows.
Open your Network and sharing center
click on your connection (i.e. ethernet, local, etc), usually some color like blue on the right side of the window
Choose properties
Choose Configure
Click on the advanced tab
In the "Property" list choose Speed and Duplex
In the "Value" drop down choose Auto Negotiation
Click OK
In my case the router\Windows had set the speed to 100Mbs which is what was slowing down the connection speed. After having it auto negotiate, it set itself to 1.0 Gbps and viola! I have the correct connection speed on my wired desktop.
Hope this helps a few people here.
ThePenguin Thanks for the tip. Worked great for me although I manually set to 1.0Gbps Full Duplex.
I swithed to AP mode and have had no issues since. There is a serious problem with these Orbi routers and ethernet cable. The support has been horrible. This will be my last netgear purchase. Again in AP mode I have no issues, so I am somewhat happy now after months of troubleshooting on and off.
"I swithed to AP mode and have had no issues since." Are you saying switching to AP mode increased your WIRED speed?