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neilioio
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Feb 16, 2019

RBK40 can't reach Gigabit Internet speeds over PPPoE

I've been trying for a few days now to get my Orbi RBK40 to reach the full speed of my fibre connection (1 Gigabit down, 960 up). I've tested the line using the modem provided by my ISP and it does reach that speed, so I know the issue is with the Orbi and not with the ISP or the wire.

 

I found some posts here that said I needed to do a full factory reset and make sure to skip the speed test, which I did but no luck. The fastest I can reach with the Orbi is around 600 up and down.

 

Does anyone know of another workaround or fix for this? Some forums I've read said the Orbis just can't do gigabit over PPPoE, but I'm not sure if that's true, or if I'm just missing something. 

 

I'm running the latest firmware, and both the modem and my computer are connected via ethernet with WiFi turned off.

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