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Ron52
Aspirant
Mar 02, 2020

RBR50 slow ethernet

For some reason my RBR50 is running at 100 mb on the ethernet ports. Using cat5e. My config is FIOS Router -> RBR50 -> gigabit switch. Switch has one light illuminated which means 100 mb, anything connected to the switch can't get over 100 mb/s download. Connecting to the RBR50 over wifi gets 300 mb. Am I missing something?

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    • Ron52's avatar
      Ron52
      Aspirant
      Mar 02, 2020

      It is a Netgear 8-port Gigabit Smart Managed Plus Switch (GS308E)

  • FURRYe38's avatar
    FURRYe38
    Guru - Experienced User
    Mar 02, 2020

    "anything connected to the switch can't get over 100 mb/s download. Connecting to the RBR50 over wifi gets 300 mb." If this is the case then the switch would be your cause of problems. Remove this switch and get another. Something non manged and something with out any Green Ethernet features as these can cause problems when connected to Orbi systems. 

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      Ron52
      Aspirant
      Mar 02, 2020

      Ok thank you! Any other tips? I have Frontier FIOS and had the router in bridge mode but Frontier doesn't support me if I call so I switched it out of bridge mode and just disabled wifi. Pretty sure this setup will cause NAT issues though. 

      • FURRYe38's avatar
        FURRYe38
        Guru - Experienced User
        Mar 02, 2020

        Try this: Disable ALL wifi radios on the modem, configure the modems DMZ/ExposedHost or IP Pass-Through for the IP address the Orbi router gets from the modem. Then you can use the Orbi router in Router mode.