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KimMeng-Ng
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Apr 19, 2020

Rbk50

I just bought a used RBR50 ORBI ROUTER (WITHOUT ANY SATELLITE UNIT) from somebody, it seems working.
But i have 2 questions:
1) when the router is working is it normal the the blue circle light is not lighted?
2) when I run a speedtest on the Orbi apps with my iphone, why the speed constantly (with little differences) showing:
Download: 800+
Upload: 900+
Irrespective of my iphone is connected to
5GHz or 2.4GHz ( near dead corners)
.
Could anybody help to enlighten me Thanks

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  • Retired_Member's avatar
    Retired_Member
    Apr 19, 2020
    KimMeng-Ng wrote:
    I just bought a used RBR50 ORBI ROUTER (WITHOUT ANY SATELLITE UNIT) from somebody, it seems working.
    But i have 2 questions:
    1) when the router is working is it normal the the blue circle light is not lighted?
    2) when I run a speedtest on the Orbi apps with my iphone, why the speed constantly (with little differences) showing:
    Download: 800+
    Upload: 900+
    Irrespective of my iphone is connected to
    5GHz or 2.4GHz ( near dead corners)
    .
    Could anybody help to enlighten me Thanks

    1.  Yes.  When the is working there should be no lights

     

    2.  The orbi app is not reliable    If you're concerned about speed others here use a different app or program 

  • CrimpOn's avatar
    CrimpOn
    Guru - Experienced User
    Apr 19, 2020
    KimMeng-Ng wrote:
    1) when the router is working is it normal the the blue circle light is not lighted?
    2) when I run a speedtest on the Orbi apps with my iphone, why the speed constantly (with little differences) showing:

    Retired_Memberis correct. When the Orbi is operating correctly, it displays no light.  I believe Netgear (correctly) assumed that customers would not want something lighting up their bedrooms. This is normal.

    As far as the "Speedtest".  My guess is that the app is asking the Orbi to run a SpeedTest and reporting the results.  This is independent of the device being used to run the app.  If you want a measure of the speed to a device, it is better to run a SpeedTest app on the device itself and not use the app.  You can load an app, or open a web browser on the device to:

    • Fast.com
    • Speedtest.net
    • SpeedOf.Me
  • FURRYe38's avatar
    FURRYe38
    Guru - Experienced User
    Apr 20, 2020

    https://kb.netgear.com/31030/What-do-the-LEDs-on-my-Orbi-mean


    Also Ooklas installable Speed test app works good too. Mobile and for Windows as Mac. 

    KimMeng-Ng wrote:
    I just bought a used RBR50 ORBI ROUTER (WITHOUT ANY SATELLITE UNIT) from somebody, it seems working.
    But i have 2 questions:
    1) when the router is working is it normal the the blue circle light is not lighted?
    2) when I run a speedtest on the Orbi apps with my iphone, why the speed constantly (with little differences) showing:
    Download: 800+
    Upload: 900+
    Irrespective of my iphone is connected to
    5GHz or 2.4GHz ( near dead corners)
    .
    Could anybody help to enlighten me Thanks