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WiFi Slow after 2-3 days until reboot?
I'm really at my wits end fighting with this Orbi System. I've read all the relevant forum posts I could find and am still struggling. I have 200 Mb/s service from Xfinity. Orbi RBR50 is connecte...
What is the Mfr and model# of the Internet Service Providers modem/ONT the NG router is connected too?
Is the Orbi system operating in Router or AP mode?
What is the size of your home? Sq Ft?
What is the distance between the router and satellite(s)? 30 feet or more is recommended in between RBR and RBS to begin with depending upon building materials when wirelessly connected.
https://kb.netgear.com/31029/Where-should-I-place-my-Orbi-satellite
What channels are you using? Auto? Try setting manual channel 1, 6 or 11 on 2.4Ghz and any unused 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
Not seen on Orbi AX.
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
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi-AX/Community-FAQ-My-Orbi-port-forwarding-doesn-t-work/td-p/1984296/jump-to/first-unread-message
Has a factory reset and setup from scratch been performed since last FW update?
fc7737 wrote:I have simiar problem.
I have Xfinity 100M internet service. My Orbi mesh router wireless attached devices become very slow speed every 7-10 days. They run less than 10-30mb/s when that happen. Wire attached devices are running fine.
After upgraded to V2.7.2.102, problem still exist... Now it happens consistanty every 2-3 days.
Dear Furry - This thread has been going on for about 1.5 years. Why do you feel the need to post your same canned response to this issue? It is not helpful or very enlightening.
At this point I believe it is readily obvious the RBR 50 has a significant problem for some users regarding wifi speeds dropping for no apparent reason. This issue has continued to plague many users through multiple firmware updates. Turning on/off various setting, hard resets, etc. does nothing to solve this problem (As indicated by many posts herein.).
Sorry for the rant but the tone of your post seems to want to blame the user for something Netgear should analyze and provide a fix.
Post is for new users, not for ones that have already responded. Each new user may have a different system and configurations. So were asking for feedback from new users.
Thank you.
Tbsteph wrote:Dear Furry - This thread has been going on for about 1.5 years. Why do you feel the need to post your same canned response to this issue? It is not helpful or very enlightening.
At this point I believe it is readily obvious the RBR 50 has a significant problem for some users regarding wifi speeds dropping for no apparent reason. This issue has continued to plague many users through multiple firmware updates. Turning on/off various setting, hard resets, etc. does nothing to solve this problem (As indicated by many posts herein.).
I have also experienced this on my RBR20, so it's not just your model. I suspect our models have some common HW/SW so the issue impacts multiple models. This is no surprise as every company does this; they don't design a similar model from scratch.
In any case, I suggest you start looking at every device that connects to the router - reset it, check it's network connection and SSID, reboot it, etc. I'm my case, I had a small Wi-Fi dongle that my satellite dish provider uses to download program guide updates and provide PPV. It's buried behind the satellite box so I forgot about it. I disconnected/reconnected the dongle, and re-entered the Orbi SSID into the satellite receiver, and since then I have not experienced the slowdown. My theory is the dongle somehow filled up some buffer after a few days and the slowdown happens. Just a theory...
The irony? The USB WiFi dongle is made by - NETGEAR.
Anyway - start looking at all the devices in your chain.