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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...
st_shaw: thank you for the explanation. I've found that it buffers when it's directly plugged into the Router, which seems odd to me. In any case, that allows some flexibility in placement.
I'll continue to see if it performs better wirelessly.
As for placement, any thoughts on how far apart? I'm sure it depends on other factors in the house but in general? I suppose if the lights are blue, that's all that truly matters but I didn't want them to interfere.
Anyway, thanks again!
I'll continue to see if it performs better wirelessly.
As for placement, any thoughts on how far apart? I'm sure it depends on other factors in the house but in general? I suppose if the lights are blue, that's all that truly matters but I didn't want them to interfere.
Anyway, thanks again!
I have 250 up and down via fiber. Running speed tests on wifi on both phone, tablet, and laptop I will get anywhere from 50 - 125. Far cry from the 250 it "SHOULD" be getting. Not happy especially with all of the connection issues it has. For the money spent on this system, I should be able to plug it in and forget about it for awhile. Yes the occasional reboot is to be expected but spending hours troubleshooting is crazy.
I have AT&T Gigapower Fiber internet and I get about 400Mbps via Ethernet on both of my Orbi Satellites. The Satellite placements are key to getting decent Ethernet performance. I have moved mine all around trying to find the optimal placement for both Satellites. I get anywhere from 100Mbps to 300Mbps via WiFi no matter where I am in my house or my backyard. If I had the Ethernet Backhaul option, I think I can get my speeds to +250Mbps. But I am pretty happy with my setup so far.
AMarket42 wrote:
st_shaw: thank you for the explanation. I've found that it buffers when it's directly plugged into the Router, which seems odd to me. In any case, that allows some flexibility in placement.
I'll continue to see if it performs better wirelessly.
As for placement, any thoughts on how far apart? I'm sure it depends on other factors in the house but in general? I suppose if the lights are blue, that's all that truly matters but I didn't want them to interfere.
Anyway, thanks again!Buffering when plugged into the router is odd. Could be a problem wih the Internet connection.
Placement/separation of the satellite/router depends upon the floorplan and construction materials of the house.
Two things you can do. 1) If you download iperf3 you can plug a PC or laptop into both the the router and satellite wired ports and measure throughput between the two machines. You should get around 575 Mbps. If much less than that, then you're too far apart. You can also look at received WiFi signal strength for 2.4 and 5 GHz bands on a laptop as you move around the house. Ideally, in every part of the house you would have the router or one of the satellites have a stronger signal than the others, wih no dead spots.