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poor wifi performance of Orbi RBK20 (max 12MB/s)
Hi all, I intensively tested the RBK20 orbi and the real performances are lower than expected. The system is set as AP, the master and the satellite are connected via ethernet, the tests were perf...
welverin wrote:but in theory which would be the maximum tranfer rate through an orbi ?
to understand how i am far from best case
Just a guess here. Given RBK20 fronthaul @866Mbps, which is half of RBK53 backhual @1733Mbps, if you can get close to 20MB/s, that would be reasonable. Based on a similar test I did on RBK53 via its backhaul @1733Mbps, the peak ~40MB/s. If your wired client could get 30-50MB/s, that's also within the ball park of my test because my wired client could hit ~90MB/s. Check out this post for more details.
You can also verify if you hit Orbi peak performance by replacing Orbi with an exisitng WiFi router if you have a spare one lying around or turn on WiFi on your exisitng router if it's a combo.
all devices work at 5Ghz, so it is strange slow performance
i tryed 36 and 44 channel
for 2.4Ghz i tested only an odroid xu4 to nas (scp protocol), but odroid wifi performance are not comparable with a pc so i have no enought number to create a report for this bands
odroid xu4's optional wifi setup is a 1x1 a/b/g/n antenna. Not ac and only single antenna. so you're right in it not being a good testing platform for wireless.
Wifi is a hard one for testing with orbi due to band steering and device selection.
What internet speeds do you pay for? What speeds do you get hardwired speedtesting the internet connection?
Have you tried speedtesting over a phone?
If so what model, what website are you testing off, and try multiple tests/disconnect/reconnect.
What wifi chip/setup are you using for testing your 5ghz with your elitebook? thats the only laptop that you've listed with wireless card. driver version on it? That's the only wifi device I seen listed for pc and I just want to make sure its not an issue with that card.
i tested lan performance because i need to fast connection between system like nas
my internet connection is VDSL, real performance is 70mb/s, and speedtest from my iphone 8 is perfect, of course
PC1 - hp elitebook G5 with realtec 8822BE
othen PC with Linux Ubuntu is probook 750 g2 realtec 8723BE but it is N only, no AC
i own an imac but it is old (2.4Ghz N), at the end of october i receive a new imac (2019), i will test it
could it be a configuration problem? any settings that reduce the maximum bandwidth per device?
I use the system as AP and not as a router, I turned off daisy chain and I enabled mu-mimo and beamforming, I tried both with and without fast roamingwhen the orbi is in ap mode, most of its routing features are disabled and turned over to the primary router. So its not limiting its speeds.
https://kb.netgear.com/000061277/Disabled-Features-on-the-Orbi-when-set-to-AP-Mode
Do you have qos or some other configuration on your main router turned on? That could be slowing wireless speeds and leaving them fine over the lan. One way to test that would be to setup the orbi on its own in router mode (without internet connection) and see if its speeds over wifi improve. If it does, then your other router is limiting the speeds through its own settings.
i have no qos settings in ap mode
only set i found is WMM (wifi multimedia) and it is enabled
I turned off the router but it makes no difference,
I did all the tests on the LAN that is connected to a switch, they don't go through the router
but in theory which would be the maximum tranfer rate through an orbi ?
to understand how i am far from best case