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RBR50 gets 900Mbps ethernet to PC, RBS50 gets 400Mbps ethernet to same PC
Hello Orbi Community, Thank you for taking the time to view my post. Just bought the Orbi AC3000 kit from costco to maximize my 1gig internet speed provided by Comcast. I must say my wifi sp...
What is the distance between the router and satellite(s)? 30 feet is recommended in between RBR and RBS to begin with depending upon building materials when wirelessly connected. https://kb.netgear.com/000036466/How-far-should-I-place-my-Orbi-satellite-from-my-Orbi-router
Try enabling Beamforming and MIMO(MIMO may or maynot be needed) and WMM. Under Advanced Tab/Advanced Settings/Wireless Settings. Set 20/40Mhz Coexistence to 40Mhz only. Set Short preamble instead of Long preamble modes. Save settings and reboot the router and satellite(s).
Thanks you FURRYe38 for replying to me.
The router and the satellite are about 20 feet away from each other. I have no coaxial in living room. So main router in bedroom hardwired to modem. Next room over, I have the satellite behind my tv, hardwired to my PC.
I made the changes in which you suggested, rebooted the router and satellite and still am getting lower than desired speeds. Did get one test at 520Mbps, so we are getting better.
Any other suggestions?
The router and the satellite are about 20 feet away from each other. I have no coaxial in living room. So main router in bedroom hardwired to modem. Next room over, I have the satellite behind my tv, hardwired to my PC.
I made the changes in which you suggested, rebooted the router and satellite and still am getting lower than desired speeds. Did get one test at 520Mbps, so we are getting better.
Any other suggestions?
20 feet is too close between the RBS and RBR...
Thank you. I will relocate the router to anoher room and place the satellite a little further away. I will report back tonight after work.
- Moving the satellite and router further apart did not correct my wired speed from the satellite.
Oldironsides wrote:
Moving the satellite and router further apart did not correct my wired speed from the satellite.what firmware are you using?
Oldironsides wrote:
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I have the satellite behind my tv, hardwired to my PC.
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Any other suggestions?How many devices are hardwired in your bedroom? You might want to consider a Powerline type solution from the plug the Orbi Router is on (or near) to a plug in the bedroom and then hardware that to your computer or other devices in your bedroom. Considering the rooms are that close, you would probably get really good speeds via Powerline. I would not go less than Powerline 1200 (AV2). They have Powerline 2000 (2 Gbit) out now with multiple network ports also. You can get a pair for a decent price.
I run powerline in my home for some cameras that I have on the edges of my wireless. Due to the distance and the hops that are probably happening in my electrical wiring, my connection rate is far from stellar; however, it is waaay more than enough for the bandwidth of a single camera. One of these days I may feel energetic and go in my crawl space and run some Cat 6/a or something.
I have been thinking about trying powerline adapters. However I wanted to just use one solution if available....
Question: If I do decide to go with powerline adapter, should I go wall socket -->powerline adpater-->orbi router<-->modem
or
wall socket-->powerline adapter-->modem (I do have 2 ethernet ports on the modem)
It may be trial and error, but any advice would be much appreciated. I am going to see tonight if the proper distance between router and satellite will help my speed. If not powerline baby.
Oldironsides wrote:I have been thinking about trying powerline adapters. However I wanted to just use one solution if available....
Question: If I do decide to go with powerline adapter, should I go wall socket -->powerline adpater-->orbi router<-->modem
or
wall socket-->powerline adapter-->modem (I do have 2 ethernet ports on the modem)
It may be trial and error, but any advice would be much appreciated. I am going to see tonight if the proper distance between router and satellite will help my speed. If not powerline baby.
If your Orbi is in Access Point mode, then it won't matter.
If you Orbi is in Router mode, then plug it into your Orbi.
Again, with your rooms so close, a Powerline setup may be able to pull off a gig connection and hence give you the full bandwidth of your ISP.
Make sure you get a set of Powerline adapters than can pull off at least a gig throughput like the 1200 (AV2) or higher. I don't think the cost is that much more for 2000, so I say go for that. There are 2 types of flavors out there: AV2 and G.hn. Which ever one you pick, if you want to add more later, it will need to be the same. AV2 seems to be used more. I have AV2 - a pair are TPLinks, another pair are Netgear. All 4 work together fine.
By the way ... you getting gig internet is soooo not fair :) I am sitting here with 40 Mbps DSL you are "only" getting 400 ;) One day ... maybe my subdivision will grow up ...
