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Rbw30 backhaul issue
Hi I’ve got a rbk30 setup, with the rbw30 wallplug satellite. When I connect my devices by Wi-Fi directly to my router I get 400/40Mbps. When I connect devices to the satellite a get maximum 72Mbps ...
Are you testing speeds off the 2.4ghz or 5ghz?
2.4ghz is much slower and sensitive to interfernce.
And the orbi devices band steer
I tried 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz.
For tests, I've even changed the name for wla_2nd_ssid to make sure I am connected to the 5GHz SSID.
At 2.4, I get about 120 Mbs on the router and 72 Mbs on the satellite (download speed)
At 5 GHz, I get the my provider's maximum speed on the router (400Mps) and still 72 Mps on the satellite.
My smartphone and computers show a connection at 886Mbps, so I think it may be a backhaul problem.
Two of my computers connected to the router at approx. 300 Mbps download speed on 5 GHz with the satalite disconnected.
When I power up the satalite, computers switch to it (better signal strength) and the download speed drops to 72 Mbs. The computers show a connection to satallite with at 866 Mbs. I've tried to move the satalite to the next room, to make the computers connect only through the router, but this doesn't work for me. When I move the satallite even further, then the download speed stars slowly dropping and becomes unstable.
When I get the satallite realy close to my router, 5 to 10 meters with no objects between, maximum download speed is still 72 Mbps
Ping through the satallite is about 3ms longer.
this thread has info on checking backhaul signal rates.
- Everything Looks fine, screenshot attached
root@RBR40:/# satelliteinfo wifi
[
{
"mac address" : "9C:3D:CF:3A:67:D4",
"hop" : "1",
"bridge mac" : "9C:3D:CF:3A:67:D4","backhaul conntype" : "5GHz",
"backhaul rssi" : "-52",
"backhaul macaddress" : "",
"backhaul phytxrate" : "390",
"backhaul phyrxrate" : "117",
"backhaul parentmac" : "A0:40:A0:7C:62:54"
}
]
root@RBR40:/#
I just learned about Orbi using 2.4ghz as backhaul when it SHOULDN'T be, since i recently changed to an AX because of the same type of issue you're having.
Reference here:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Request-GUI-option-to-turn-off-2-4G-backhaul/m-p/1836424
There is also information outside of the Orbi Community pages that delve into this issue as well.
Apparently, Orbi DOES use 2.4ghz as a backhaul when 5ghz is too week, BUT the problem is that it uses the 2.4ghz as backhaul even when the 5ghz signal is sufficient.
