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Orbi limiting Raspberry Pi Bandwidth
Hi! Im experiencing a really weird issue with my Orbi system. I have latest firmware on my router and satellites (2.5.1.8). My following installation looks like that: - Nokia fiber modem -> Orbi RB...
Heat is an issue for the Pi 4. I put mine in an aluminum case that seems to keep it cool without a fan.
I also keep forgetting about Armor. Have never activated it. My hunch is Armor is like everything else about Orbi. Thousands of users have it and never notice anything. The few who do sometimes show up on the community forum asking questions, just like the few who have specific issues with Orbi show up. I also never activated Disney Circle.
Issue found. I have reset my Orbi system to defaults and... magic! i got the expected speed. With a Raspberry Pi 3 i get around 300Mb download and 220Mb upload. When i enable the Armor on the router, the speed of some of my devices (Streaming devices) drops down to a ridiculous 45/34Mb.
Im happy with Armor, and ive paid a year subscription... But im disappointed with this issue, and i didnt find any "option" to fix it.
On the attached file i did first a speedtest, and another one after enabling armor, without reset the router.
Armor seem to be a problem for speeds and other apps for users over the past year or so.
Ive send a support ticket to Bitdefender... If it just work "as it" so i hope i can get a refund to this year subscription...
Good Luck.
Now that Netgear Armor has been identified as the relevant factor, I wonder what part Kodi plays in the mix. i.e. was Armor limiting bandwidth to (a) the Raspberry Pi, or (b) to any computer running Kodi (or some protocol that Kodi uses)? I would test Kodi on my Windows 10 machines, but I have never activated Armor (and looks like I never will).
