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Wifi Speed Issues on Orbi AC3000
Hi All,
I recently bought Orbi AC3000 Tri Band for my house. I previously had google wifi but moved over to Orbi as friends suggested higher throughout. I have a 1gb comcast line- With ethernet cable, I get upto 950 MPBS (on Arris sb8200) but with Orbi, I only get 450 MBPS tops. Can someone guide here?
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Are you testing with a ethernet connected PC with the Orbi. Don't use wireless. Wireless speeds on client side hw varies and some device don't support 900+- speeds. You'll need to check with the devices Mfr to see what actual thruput speeds they support. Most mobile devices don't support much over 400-500Mb.
What FW are you using on the Orbi?
Hello- I am tested with Ethernet cable connect to Dell PC. Sorry- I am a rookie in terms of terminology- Can you please tell me what MFR stands for?
My Setup: Arris sb8200)>Orbi AC3000>Mac book pro or iOS.
Please let me know if there is a trouble shooting steps I can follow
Mfr=Manufacturer
Does the Mac have ethernet support? if it does, try testing with that. Most wifi on Mac or mobile devices won't see those higher speeds.
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The best you can realisticly hope to achieve over WiFI with the Orbi is in the ballpark of 500-600 Mbps, and that will vary depending on how "clean" your WiFi environment is. It also assumed there are no upstream bottlenecks.
Is that because of Orbi Limitations or something to do with the Modem?
Also depends on client HW support as well.
Limitations of the client wifi HW.
For reference:
https://kb.netgear.com/31211/At-what-speed-and-bandwidth-can-my-Orbi-system-transmit-dataThese are theoretical limits based on the Orbi radio configuration. Your actual speeds will be less than this, whis is perfectly normal.
Good Info. Thanks for posting.
