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RBR50 Wifi Mesh Internet is Painfully Slow
Aloha Everyone, 1x Spectrum Modem (model E31U2V1) 1x RBR50 Router (Firmware: V2.7.4.24) 3x RBS50 Sattelite (Firmware: V2.7.4.24) Home Square Footage: Roughly 5000SqFt I am pulling my ha...
Thanks for pointing out that question.
I am using a macbook pro, iphone 12 min and a late imac 2015 model.
I have been using: google speed test, spectrum speed test, ookla speed test and ookla speed test app on iphone along with spectrum/google speed test on chrome browser.
I have done a factory reset at this point. I feel as though it has not improved.
How old is the orbi?
did it ever hit faster wireless speeds?
What link speed are you showing when you test the speeds?
Any windows/android devices to try testing?
The orbi is old. At least 6-7 years at this point.
I recall hitting faster speeds before. I also hit normal fast speeds when directly connected to a satellite or router.
Right now I just tested a ThinkPad using Internet Explorer and received 123 down and 22 up and one minute later re-tested and its at 40 down and 22up.
Seems that the download speed is hindered greatly, which is odd.
when you're testing speeds, check what band you're connected to and its link speed.
40mbps is more along the lines of what the 2.4ghz can do. 2.4ghz is a much slower network than 5ghz.
are you using any parental controls, traffic monitoring, access controls, or qos? If so, try disabling them and reboot the router.
Channel 48 on a 5ghz connection.
No traffic controls turned on.
ipv6 disabled
unpn disabled
vpn disabled
The wifi is the bottleneck, but I can't figure out why. I am getting 375-550mbps down and 20-23mbps up when i connect directly to the satellite.
I just changed a few settings. 2.4ghs back to channel 1. 5ghz back on channel 44.
Now on wifi I am getting 100-235mbps down and 18 up. I am located within 5 ft of the sattelite that was producing the above numbers.
I find it so odd that it's bottlenecked this much. I can't figure out why the satellite is able to wirelessly connect to the router and produce speeds up to 550mbps when wired with ethernet, but when I connect to the satellite with wifi it drops more than 50%. 20% drop I would expect. I would think its not a hardware issue with wifi if that is possible.
Any other thoughts or settings you might need to see?