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Slooooow iPad 3 & iPad 2 on Orbi - everything else super fast
Picked up an RBK53 - three pack Orbi at Costco on Friday. I have an iPad 2, iPad 3 both running iOS 9.3.5. They will likely never get upgraded past that, iOS 10 doesn't support them. Both devi...
Hello djc6
I was able to get my hands on a Ipad 2 and test it on my orbi and I am getting the same result as you are it will not go over 20 mbs enen though my laptop is getting 70+ on speed tests I will pass this along to our engineers to see if we can find out why.
DarrenM
Thanks for response DarrenM.
I went into settings and "Enable Implicit BEAMFORMING - Boosts WiFi speed, reliability, & range for all mobile devices" was already unchecked.
Hello djc6
Do you happen to have any older wifi devices that connect to orbi like a old blu ray or smart tv?
DarrenM
No old devices that connect via Wi-FI. My TV and Blu-Ray are wired to a switch and switch plugs into Orbi. Both TV & Blu-Ray show up as 'Wired' when I look at Orbi interface.
Other Wi-Fi devices are 2 Macbook Pros (one Mid-2012, one Mid-2014). Both get 300Mbps via Orbi 5Ghz easily anywhere in house.
I have an iPad mini 4, iPhone 6, iPhone 6S+ - all also do very well on 5Ghz usually 250-300Mbps. Other than that, a Roku 3 via Wi-Fi and a Nest Thermostat and Nest Protect. The nest devices connect to 2.4Ghz everything - Roku and all the apple devices 5Ghz.
The iPad 2 and iPad 3 are slow (in speed tests) regardless of which Satellite I'm using or Router. I'm testing while in same room as Satellite/Router and sitting in same position where other devices which get amazing speeds.
Hello djc6
I was able to get my hands on a Ipad 2 and test it on my orbi and I am getting the same result as you are it will not go over 20 mbs enen though my laptop is getting 70+ on speed tests I will pass this along to our engineers to see if we can find out why.
DarrenM
hi darren
its a known issue with these older apple devices and the chipset they use , the newer apple products no longer use the chipset so its not an issue for them , not sure if there is a fix for it or its just another apple centric way of forcing users to use only apple routers
