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Zablalbaz
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Apr 26, 2020
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Very slow network speeds on 5GHz network on Orbi RBR50 after months of solid performance

Hey All,   Hopefully someone can help me with this. I just started noticing some really slow network speeds on my 5GHz connected network devices a couple weeks ago. This is after several months of ...
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    Zablalbaz
    May 02, 2020

    Thanks to all who pitched in. Your advice was helpful! I just took a backup of the working config in case I need it in the future. Setting this as resolved now!

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Retired_Member
Apr 26, 2020

One comment.    Stop doing manual updates.    Sorry 

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Zablalbaz
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Apr 27, 2020

Duly noted! When something is working I don't touch it. I learned a long time ago if it isn't broke don't fix it. I only updated with the V2.5.1.8 because it had a fix for Sonos connectivity issues I was seeing. That firmware fixed the issue I was seeing, but I wonder at what cost now?

 

I'm guessing that I'll have to try a hard reset to see if that takes care of the problem.