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RBK53S on 1gig FIbre Optic Cable issues...
Hey everyone, little bit new here and wanted some help or advice. I live in the UK and i use Virgin Media, they provide me with a super hub 4 and this is a modem router. I can get 1230mbps or 1.2...
How are you testing the speeds?
If its using the built in speedtest in the orbi app, its not that accurate over 500mbps connections.
You have to test with a hardwired in pc/laptop. And test several sites as not all will saturate gigabit.
Also, keep in mind, you max speeds are only going to hit 940mbps at best because of network overhead and how gigabit ports function.
How are you testing the speeds?
I have been using fast.com for the net speeds as well as the built in app on orbi. And on my super hub https://samknows.com/realspeed/ when in router mode. Wired.If its using the built in speedtest in the orbi app, its not that accurate over 500mbps connections.
You have to test with a hardwired in pc/laptop. And test several sites as not all will saturate gigabit.
Also, keep in mind, you max speeds are only going to hit 940mbps at best because of network overhead and how gigabit ports function.
On my old router setup, i could almost push 1.2gb on a good day and i appreciate that may not be accurate but if it now says 700mb the swing is too big.
nuzik wrote:
How are you testing the speeds?
I have been using fast.com for the net speeds as well as the built in app on orbi. And on my super hub https://samknows.com/realspeed/ when in router mode. Wired.----fast.com isn't the most reliable either as it won't saturate gigabit in my area. the only one that does reliably is my ISP's speedtest site.If its using the built in speedtest in the orbi app, its not that accurate over 500mbps connections.
You have to test with a hardwired in pc/laptop. And test several sites as not all will saturate gigabit.
Also, keep in mind, you max speeds are only going to hit 940mbps at best because of network overhead and how gigabit ports function.
On my old router setup, i could almost push 1.2gb on a good day and i appreciate that may not be accurate but if it now says 700mb-(-your prior said 836mbps) the swing is too big.----your hub 4 only has gigabit ethernet ports. So you weren't outputting gigabit speeds. Your internal tests might be faster but thats just testing the fibre link and not what devices are actually getting. Its not possible to get faster than gigabit over a single gigabit connection. And even that gigabit speed is only going to hit 940mbps because of overhead.So what you are saying is, dude shut the FUDGE up 😄 you arent getting those speeds. 940mbps is more than enough until 2.5gbps comes in 😄