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ATT 1G Fiber with Orbi AX6000
Recently had ATT 1G fiber installed and set up Orbi Wifi 6 Mesh AX6000 with router and 1 satellite. I've set up the ATT BGW into passthrough mode and disabled the Wifi in order to only have one Wifi...
I'm testing on an iPhone 11 Pro. When initially testing through the ATT BGW router via 3rd party app Speed Test, I was getting 800Mbps+ when standing next to the router. However, speed dropped precipitously inside my home due to the router location in the garage.
Hence the need for the Orbi Mesh.
Link Rate for device Orbi App: 960Mbps
Speed via 3rd Party App (Speed Test): 350Mbps (D) / 250Mbps (U)
You will see a faster drop off in speeds. 5ghz doesn't broadcast as far or through as much materials as 2.4ghz. But 2.4ghz is a extremely slow network. So a little different starting points.
You say the router is in the garage? And how far away is the satellite?
Is the satellite hardwired in or running off the wireless backhaul?
If you hardwire a pc/laptop into the satellite and test it, what speeds do you get?