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aldao
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Oct 21, 2017
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Will Orbi work with Nighthawk Smart WiFi Router

Hi,   I recently purchased Orbi router with Satellit to cover to my 3000 sf house. I'm currently using 9000 NightHawk WiFi router. I connected the Orbi router via Eithernet cable from the 9000 Nigh...
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    aldao
    Oct 22, 2017
    It did help! Thank you for your help.
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aldao
Aspirant
Oct 29, 2017

Now I fixed the router interface, I noticed speed for download and upload is a bit slow. For example, when I test my speed with Speedtest I get 48 MBits for download and 0.89 Mbps for upload. When I test my Orbi Speedtest I get 4.59Mbps download and 0.49 Mbps for upload. I see the upload is reasonable however, the download is so far off from what current connection with proivder is. Could that be contributed to having Orbi configurations (i.e., having NightHawk router between Orbi and the Modem? Appreciate any help.