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DcMasta
Aug 07, 2020Tutor
RKB50 Slow WiFi Speeds
Yet another Orbi WiFi speed Post. When on Comcast I was clearing on my iPhone XR anywhere in the house 250+MB down and 10-20MB up.
Now that I have Centurylink Fiber I expected better. I was sadly mistaken. I've done over 20 speed tests while changing settings left and right and Average is 150MB down and anywhere from 30-389MB Up (sitting right next to it I might add).
Now hardlined to the RBR50 I am getting decent speeds, ~300MB on average. I cannot for the life of me understand how my WiFi got worse with a better connection. Any suggestions that I havent tried would be greatly appreciated.
I've already had CL tech out here and testing direct from the C424G We get almost a GIG everytime. WiFi on it was okay (250MB) when near it.
I've read most of the posts and I can give you a breakdown of everything I have done.
1. I moved from a Comcast 500MB COAX connection to a CentruryLink 1G Fiber connection.
2. CL provided a Adtran C424G Modem/Router Combo unit.
3. I have disabled all the radios on the CenturyLink Modem, placed the RBR50 on the DMZ list. (I did try Transparent Bridge mode and this didn't make a difference, yes I enabled vlan tagging 201).
4. I have tried placing the router in AP mode, (which disabled Circle, kids were happy).
5. I disabled 20/40MHz Coexistance, Daisy Chain and Netgear Armor. Enabled MU-MIMO, Beam Forcing.
6. Disabled the Guest Network on the Orbi
7. I used a WiFi analyzer and set the 2.4G network to channel 8 and 5G to channel 48 as these were the only channels not in use.
8. Finally I did a factory reset and started setup from scratch.
9. I have a total of 28 devices ( mostly smart home ) connected between the RBR and the RBS.
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- MstrbigMaster
What is your ISP purchased speed plan?
What speed test results do you get using the Orbi browser GUI under advanced, setup, speed test
- DcMastaTutor
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821.96Mbps 853.12Mbps- MstrbigMaster
If you have a cellphone (I can't speak for Apple), under WIFI it should show a WIFI connection to your nearest Orbi. Right now I'm 15 ft from a satellite and my Samsung Galaxy S10+ shows a connection of 675Mbps under config. That has varied from 450 to 820.