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Aspirant

May 17, 2023

RBR10 satellite very slow

I just upgraded my FIOS to "500 Mbps" service. The new router provided is an Arris NVG468MQ. I have an Orbi RBR10 connected to it in the home office at the front of the house, and an Orbi satellite...

bhorstkotte

Aspirant

May 17, 2023

Thanks for the reply!

re 1) checked the status, it reports as "Good"

re 2) it is a little buried - it is in a closet, so to get to the back of the house it has to shoot through / around some walls

I switched the 2.4 Ghz channel from 3 to 1, reenabled the FIOS-provided router's Wi-Fi (since it didn't seem to have helped disabling it), moved the Orbi router a couple feet higher in the closet, and moved the Orbi satellite to another location in the master bedroom, and some combination of those seems to have improved things. 😄

Now getting 300+ in the office, and 100-150 in the living room and master bedroom. Good enough!

Thanks - Brad

CrimpOn

Guru - Experienced User

May 17, 2023

bhorstkotte wrote:

it has to shoot through / around some walls

(I don't know if this is my OCD or some other other psychological problem......)

There is no "around" for WiFi. People have posted, "the satellite is located behind the TV set and seems to get poor signal." And what is the TV set constructed of?? Metal.

100-150 Mb/sec is 10 times what we all thought was Nirvana 15 years ago. Certainly enough to stream more than one 4K video.

Probably a good idea to keep the 2.4G channels on the AT&T and the Orbi far apart.