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Timster
Aspirant
Nov 03, 2019

Upgraded from cm700 to cm1200 resulting in speed reduction of device of ahrdwired device on Orbi

I exchanged my CM700 with a CM1200. When using the CM700 my PC, conencted through an ORBI would get D/L speeds of 450Mbps. After swapping the CM, I only get 250Mbps.   However a speed test in the...
Timster's avatar
Timster
Aspirant
Nov 03, 2019

What website are you using for testing? https://www.speedtest.net/ (same as before)

Who's your isp? (Xfinity)

Have you tried any other devices? No, nothing else is ahrdwired

Are you using any traffic monitoring, parental controls, disney circle, access control to manage the orbi? No

What firmware is your orbi on? Latest (just updated)

  • plemans's avatar
    plemans
    Guru - Experienced User
    Nov 03, 2019

    Speedtest.net lets you change servers. Try a couple different ones. I've had the same server show me lower speeds. Switch to a different one.

     

    Have you tried a factory reset? Never a bad idea if the firmware updated and you changed modems.