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Slow wifi RBR50
I am running the latest firmware on my orbi. 2.3.5.30. My wired connection is over 400Mb down and over 30 up. Wifi used to be close to that. Now running speedtest from my phone about 20 feet from my router and I am getting 80Mb down??? Just tried a few different channels and no real difference???
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radamo wrote:I am running the latest firmware on my orbi. 2.3.5.30. My wired connection is over 400Mb down and over 30 up. Wifi used to be close to that. Now running speedtest from my phone about 20 feet from my router and I am getting 80Mb down??? Just tried a few different channels and no real difference???
What kind of modem do you have?
has your phone been moved to the 2.4ghz band with orbi? That'll reduce your speeds quite significantly.
Results are both with Orbi RBR50 this current firmware vs. whatever the last few were. Both with iPhone X and both on 5Ghz network.
wifi isn't the best for doing speed testing as many factors can influence what speeds you get.
If you hardwire into the router and extender with a pc, what speeds do you get?
Have you tried changing wireless channels? Or doing a wireless channel scan to see if anythings interferring with the channel you're using?
enabling/disabling beamforming, airtimefairness, mu-mimo?
