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Xfinity gigabit plan but Orbi maxes out around low 500Mbps
Just ditched the new Xfinity modem (the black technicolor one that looks like some kind of award/trophy) for an Arris SB8200. Before the Arris, my Orbi was consistently getting 400-450Mbps on the Orb...
Seeing this with other RBR20s as well:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/ORBI-RBK20-with-Bell-1G-Fiber-in-Canada/m-p/1789915#M68596
I'm not a hardware guy, but could it simply be the limitation of the Orbi hardware? As a router it can handle the gigabit speeds but when you run code on it to test bandwidth it just doesn't measure up?
Yes, it could be. We don't know for sure if the RBR20 series supports 1Gb WAN to LAN. Seen others with similar problems with the 20 series Orbi. Though I think the 50 series supports 1Gb WAN to LAN, i've not been able to get my RBR50 to test out much past 400Mbs for some reason. Others are reporting getting near 900Mbps, while others are not. I presume there is a FW issue also as a factor. Hardware Acceleration or Cut-Through features are needed for any home class router to see anything near 900Mbps. I have a XR450 and a couple of other non NG routers that test out to 900Mbps, So far my RBR50 and a XR700 I tested fails in this area for some reason.
No, the modem only a modem so changing to AP mode on the RBR won't work unless you have a different router that you can place in the middle. I did notice that putting the RBR in AP mode, this mode see's 900Mbps. Of course it should as the WAN to LAN changes to LAN to LAN and all connections are 1000Mbps and speeds are near 900Mbps when testing.I might switch back to the Xfinity router/modem and try out the AP mode. See what kind of speeds I can get. My only gripe with the Xfinity router is I can't set DNS and even when I disabled wifi, the silly things still creates the xfinitywifi and some kind of OutofService network. And some hidden networks. So it does not entirely turn of the wifi. Which I feel could possibly muck up signal from my Orbi. But it's just an assumption. Though my signal strength has gone up after doing a wifi survey with the Xfinity router/modem out of the equation.
FURRYe38 I've seen people recommend/suggest switching to AP Mode. Do you think this could help in my situation? Can the Arris SB8200 function as a router?