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AmanSingh
Feb 06, 2020Tutor
RBK50 - Slow Wifi Upload speed
Hello, I got New Orbi mesh system in September 2019, it had an issue with Slow wifi upload speeds since day 1. After months of hassle with support i was issued a new Orbi system. The bew Orbi syste...
FURRYe38
Jun 26, 2020Guru - Experienced User
Seems the post didn't make it or something happend. Please repost again and we'll help you figure this out with you.
GerryGoa wrote:Hi FURRYe38,
I posted my wifi details in a new post, any help would be appreciated. Didn't want to hijack Aman's post.
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Orbi-RBK50-Speed-Problems/m-p/1936594#M96265
Thanks in advance,
Gerry
GerryGoa
Jun 26, 2020Aspirant
Here it is again, the link works, I tried it, not sure why you can't see it.
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Orbi-RBK50-Speed-Problems/m-p/1936594#M96265
But here it is again.
I seem to be getting slow wireless Internet connection speed, wired is fine. Cell phones still seem very slow. I only managed to get high speed the first day or 2, don't remember exactly how much, but I was satisfied, not any more.
I have a 3400 sq. ft home, 3 levels. Bell Home Hub 3000 router is in the basement. Construction is pretty standard, more open concept and walls are drywall. I have cat5e cabling from the basement to the office and family room on 1st level and another cable running up to the landing area on the 2nd level.
My old system includes 2 TP-Link Archer C7 access points. But wifi sucks lately (<5mbps sometimes) in the last 6 months or so.
Got the Orbi RBK50 for better wifi and mainly faster internet speed.
I connected the Orbi RBK Router to the Office on 1st level. The Satelite to the landing area. It will be about 30 feet apart or less. I have also tried connecting the Router to the Family room with similar speed. All speed tests were run with ookla.
Settings info:
Firmware V2.5.1.16
WMM enabled for 2.4(Auto) & 5 Ghz(Ch:48)
Enable Daisy-Chain Topology
Enable Beamforming
Enable MU-MIMIO
Disabled Fast Roaming
Disabled IPv6
Router Mode
Disabled Armor
Disabled 20/40 MHz Coexistence
All speed tests were done late night with no other devices connected.
These are the speeds I get (download / upload), I used a laptop.
Bell Home Hub 3000 Router - 1.13 gbps / 824 mbps
TP-Link Archer C7 Router - 812 / 806
Wired directly to Bell router - 843 / 816
Wired to Orbi RBK50 - 725 /735
Orbi App on cell phone - 545 / 813
Wireless connected to Orbi Router(2 feet from router) - 256 / 257
Wireless through Huawei phone(2 feet from router) - 45 / 34
Living Room - 10-20ft from router -
Laptop - 240 / 267
Cell phone - 47 / 8
Family Room - 25-35ft in between router and satellite
Laptop - 181 / 166
Cell phone - 36 / 14
Kitchen - 35-45ft between router and satellite
Laptop - 200 / 158
Cell - 7 / 5mbps
2nd level
Landing aread - 3 ft away from satellite
Laptop - 217 / 252
Cell - 42 / 32
Bedroom 1 - 25 ft away from satellite
Laptop - 213 / 257
Cell - 38 / 13
Bedroom 2 - 40 ft away from satellite
Laptop - 230 / 357
Cell - 17 / 8