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Justwords
May 05, 2019Tutor
Speed test limited to 500 Mbps?
I have a DOCSIS3.1-Connection and have one RBR50 and two satellites connected to a FritzBox 6591. While doing a manual speed test e.g. via speedtest.computerbild.de i often get speeds of above 950 Mb...
SW_
May 05, 2019Prodigy
Justwords wrote:
... via speedtest.computerbild.de i often get speeds of above 950 Mbps. However, using the built-in Speedtest in the orbi-app, i never get more than 505 Mbps.
I don't know if I could trust the built-in app for speedtest. I never get anything close to Gbits. I always use http://speedtest.googlefiber.net and https://www.speedtest.net to compare the results. The strange thing is that Orbi built-in app also uses Ookla. The problem could be the target server used by the built-in speedtest app.