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seraphs
Aspirant
Dec 08, 2018

Wired download speed getting much slower than before

I recently noticed significant speed drop from my Orbi network. I have my RBR50 router (Firmware Version is V2.2.1.210) connected to the AT&T fiber modem. Both upload and download measured ~990Mbps f...
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ekhalil
Master
Dec 08, 2018
Do you have any wired mesh speakers (eg. Sonos) connected to Orbi?
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seraphs
Aspirant
Dec 08, 2018
No. The test client (Mac) is the only wired device when I performed the test as I wanted to ensure the accuracy of the results. I even tried to disable the wireless connections to my wireless devices. But the download speed is still capped at 50Mbps.