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Slow WIFI speeds on my rbr50 with ATT fiber
I resently got the BGW210 router from ATT as I read that it works best with my orbi rbr50. after getting everything set up, everyting was working great for a few days. Wired connection speed are comi...
30 feet or more is recommended in between RBR and RBS to begin with depending upon building materials when wirelessly connected.
What WiFi devices are you using to speed test with?
What channels are you using? Auto? Try setting manual channel 1, 6 or 11 on 2.4Ghz and 40 to 48 channel on 5Ghz.
Any Wifi Neighbors near by? If so, how many?
Try enabling Beamforming and MIMO(MIMO may or may not be needed) and WMM. Under Advanced Tab/Advanced Settings/Wireless Settings
Try disabling the following and see:
Armor, Circle, Daisy Chain, Fast Roaming, IPv6 and Set 20/40Mhz Coexistence to 40Mhz only. Set Short preamble instead of Long preamble modes. Save settings and reboot the router and satellite(s).
One User Experience/Configuration:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Most-Stable-Orbi-Configuration/m-p/1941087/highlight/true#M97026
You can find other speed diagnosis steps in the community faq: https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi-AX/Community-FAQ-My-Orbi-speeds-are-slow-inconsistent-and-don-t-my/m-p/1982974/highlight/true#M7849
FURRYe38 I use ookla speedtest app.
I have no idea what channels I'm using or how to check them. I'm a noob when it comes this stuff. So if you could give me step by step instructions that will really help. I have no idea what beamforming, MIMO or WMM are. I really have no idea what you're asking me to check in the rest of the message you sent either. please be as specific as possible.
What devices are you using to speed test with?
Use a wired PC connected to the RBR and a web browser to log into the RBRs web page at 192.168.1.1 or orbilogin.com.
Check under Advanced Tab and you'll see what wireless channels the system is using.
Follow the path under Advanced Tab/Wireless settings to check for the items mentioned.
If you don't think you can check for these items, you may want to get someone to help you out on this, friend, nieghbor or family member.
I was doing the speed test on my Iphone 8 Plus.
when I looked under my 2.4ghz and 5 ghz it say current channels: N/A. There's a button that says scan for best channels.
Ok, Most speed tests on iphones and pad will top out at around 400-500Mbps depending on device support on 5Ghz.
I recommend you find someone locally to help you with this. Friend or family member that can look this over and go over it with you.