RBR50 — Orbi AC3000 Tri-band WiFi Router

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Hi I have the&nbsp;RBR50 — Orbi AC3000 Tri-band WiFi Router and was wondering if it can handle 1 gigabyte internet speeds.&nbsp;

FURRYe38 · Answer

You could see around 900Mpbs or just over this. You'll not see anything or 1Gb though.&nbsp;

CrimpOn · Answer

FURRYe38 is correct.&nbsp; The RBR50 WAN port is gigabit Ethernet.&nbsp; The maximum actual throughput on a gigabit Ethernet port is slightly more than 900 megabits per second.&nbsp; There is overhead which consumes part of that theoretical speed and there are 'gaps' between data packets.&nbsp; This is true for any Ethernet connection.&nbsp; i.e. a 2.5Gbps port will not actually achieve (literally) 2.5Gbps.
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For the RBR50 system, the bigger issue is that it is a WiFi5 system (802.11ac). This limits the maximum speed of WiFi connections compared to WiFi6 (or WiFi6E or WiFi7)
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Considering that it takes only about 25Mbps to stream 4K video, WiFi5 provides plenty of capacity for most users.&nbsp; And, most users have mostly devices compatible with WiFi5 (or with 2.4G WiFi).

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RBR50 — Orbi AC3000 Tri-band WiFi Router

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