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wolfiii
Aug 29, 2022Aspirant
slow wifi speed on both of my Orbi RBS50 satellites, usually around 40 to 60Mbps
I have two RBS50s hardwired to the RBR50 and when I test WiFi speeds on both it is usually 40 to 60Mbps, but anything plugged in hardwired to the RBS50 achieves 480 to 490Mbps. I am within 5 to 10 f...
CrimpOn
Aug 29, 2022Guru - Experienced User
wolfiii wrote:
Any ideas or is it time to give up the ghost on these and look for a new system.
There could be some crazy WiFi problem (hidden node? etc.) which is causing so many collisions that throughput is destroyed. Might want to verify results with some other WiFi device.
I am not sure that "the grass is greener" with another system. During the past six months I have been almost smug that I avoided all the issues people have reported with the 750, 850, and 960 products.
Besides the disappointment, how does this lack of maximum speed affect your life? Does the iPhone not load web pages fast enough? Fail to stream Facetime, YouTube, or Zoom?
- wolfiiiAug 29, 2022AspirantThanks, you are right on how does it affect me and it doesn’t very much
Just curious to see what I could do