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Aspirant

Nov 14, 2023

Armor and Xbox Series X speed issues

I have been running Armor for about 18 months now, and I recently noticed that gaming and download speeds have been slower on my Orbi. Like others on this forum, my troubleshooting has lead me to Ar...

mightyreds99

Aspirant

Nov 16, 2023

I have the Orbi RBR50 router running firmware version v2.7.4.24.

With armor enabled I get significantly less download speeds from the Xbox, and gaming is affected. In online games, there is noticeable lag.

With armor disabled I get the expected throughput, and there is no noticeable lag in online games.

Here are 2 pictures showing network stats with Armor Enabled and Armor Disabled.

Armor Enabled

Armor Disabled

FURRYe38

Guru - Experienced User

Nov 16, 2023

Your behind on FW:

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi-Wi-Fi-5-AC-and-Orbi-with/New-RBR50-RBS50-Firmware-Version-2-7-5-4/td-p/2296598/jump-to/first-unread-message

Might give this a try. I'd probably do a full on factory reset on the system AFTER the RBS are updated first then the RBR is updated lastly. Then setup from scratch.

Test first again with Armor not enabled, then enable it.

If it still doesn't work great, you'll need to submit a bug report using Orbi app:

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi-App/How-to-report-a-bug-on-the-Orbi-App/td-p/2140980/jump-to/first-unread-message