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WAN aggregation
I have a Netgear CM 1200 modem and an Orbi Whole Home Tri-Band Mesh Wi-Fi 6 System (RBK852), both good for 2 Gbps. My Comcast Xfinity service is good for 1 Gbps. In real world terms, speed tests are saying that I'm getting around 700 mbps. I live in an apartment so I don't have my own private fiber optic connection running in. I wanted to try WAN aggregation, to see if speeds would increase. I plugged my ethernet cable into the WAN aggregator port and tried to enable WAN aggregation in the Orbi admin page. It was unable to activate WAN aggregation. Is this a Comcast problem? Should I be contacting them? Or can I just...not use WAN aggregation because I only have this one ISP? Would speed even increase if I COULD activate WAN aggregation?
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did you also enable wan port aggregation in the cm1200?
Or just the orbi?
it needs to be done with both.
I've used wan port aggregation with a cm1100 and and arris SB8200 and it tended to cause more issues than the benefits from the benefits from overprovisioning. I haven't used the cm1200.
Also, how are you checking speeds? Using the built in speedtest? If so, make sure to test on a hardwired pc/laptop and try multiple test sites/servers. The built in one doesn't tend to be that accurate at gigabit speeds as well as many test sites struggle at gigabit speeds.
ok awesome this is all super informative...thanks for helping me out.
