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gjrandazz
Apr 06, 2021Aspirant
RBK50 Streaming between devices
I have the main router(RBK50) and 2 satellites (RBS50). I have this problem and I'm not sure it's the orbi, modem, or connection. When trying to stream games from one device to another, both wired, I ...
CrimpOn
Apr 06, 2021Guru - Experienced User
gjrandazz wrote:
I have the main router(RBK50) and 2 satellites (RBS50). I have this problem and I'm not sure it's the orbi, modem, or connection. When trying to stream games from one device to another, both wired, I get extreme low fps and lag. I have 1gig Internet speed. Individually, the speeds are fine. Its when I try to say stream from my computer to nvidia shield, as an example, that I have problems. Is there a setting on the Orbi router that would affect this. I've tried enabling and disabling upnp, but with no success. Thanks.
Can you please be more specific about the configuration.
i.e. which Orbi is the computer wired to and which Orbi is the Nvidia wired to?
Does the internet connection have any relationship to the games being streamed?
II would be tempted to experiment with a couple of things, such as:
- Enable telnet on the Orbii router (http://orbilogin.net/debug.htm)
Then telnet into the Orbi and type the command satelliteinfo wifi
This will display the connection speed between the two Orbi satellites and the router. - My "goto" tool for investigating lag is hrPING (free at https://www.cfos.de/en/ping/ping.htm).
This allows creation very accurate ICMP tests (ping) with variable parameters. I usually collect several thousand pings and then use Excel to find the fastest, longest, average, etc.