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RBS50 v2
I have the RBS50 v2 with one sattelite with firmware 2.5.1.16 the router wired into the Xfinity xfi gateway. My router and the gateway are next to each other in the lower level of my house with the s...
wagsgs wrote:What kind of wireless speed can I expect to get from the Orbi router and how can I test that? Speed test on the router sometimes shows 800. Can I expect that kind of speed on my network? I'm not very savy when it comes to wireless networks.
There are any number of "Speed Test" apps and web sites, including:
SpeedOf.Me
TestMy.net
Speedtest.net
Fast.com
speed.googlefiber.net
The fastest theoretical 2.4G connection rate is 400mbs. The fastest theoretical 5G connection rate is 866mbs. In practice, the farther away the WiFi device is from the WiFi access point, the lower the speed. WiFi also loses a considerable amount of bandwidth to WiFi overhead, management frames, etc.
It is a little humorous (pathetic?) that manufacturers decided to describe WiFi products by adding the maximum possible (theoretical) bandwidth of all radios. Orbi has (1) 400mbs 2.4G radio, (1) 866mbs 5G radio, and (1) 1,733mbs 5G backhaul radio (which is not available to user devices). 400+866+1733 = 2,999, so "voila" Orbi is "AC3000". What a crock of ....(excrement).
Test close to the Orbi router with a modern smartphone connected at 5G and what will be the most you will ever see.
wagsgs wrote:What kind of wireless speed can I expect to get from the Orbi router and how can I test that? Speed test on the router sometimes shows 800. Can I expect that kind of speed on my network? I'm not very savy when it comes to wireless networks.
There are any number of "Speed Test" apps and web sites, including:
SpeedOf.Me
TestMy.net
Speedtest.net
Fast.com
speed.googlefiber.net
The fastest theoretical 2.4G connection rate is 400mbs. The fastest theoretical 5G connection rate is 866mbs. In practice, the farther away the WiFi device is from the WiFi access point, the lower the speed. WiFi also loses a considerable amount of bandwidth to WiFi overhead, management frames, etc.
It is a little humorous (pathetic?) that manufacturers decided to describe WiFi products by adding the maximum possible (theoretical) bandwidth of all radios. Orbi has (1) 400mbs 2.4G radio, (1) 866mbs 5G radio, and (1) 1,733mbs 5G backhaul radio (which is not available to user devices). 400+866+1733 = 2,999, so "voila" Orbi is "AC3000". What a crock of ....(excrement).
Test close to the Orbi router with a modern smartphone connected at 5G and what will be the most you will ever see.