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frankmeister
Sep 17, 2020Aspirant
Connection to satellite RBS850 much slower than to router RBR850
When my iPhone is connected to the RBR850 router I get download speeds of about 800 Mbps. However when I am connected to anyone of my RBS850 satellites I only get about 90 Mbps down. Strangely enough ...
- Oct 19, 2020
Good to hear. Ya, Cat5 was good at the time. 5e is ok but getting older now and not as good and cat6 and beyond.
Glad you got it working on wireless. Please mark your thread as solves so others will know.
Enjoy. :smileywink:
frankmeister
Oct 19, 2020Aspirant
Yes, I figured it out. The ethernet cabling in my house is only Cat5, so limited to 100Mbps. I ended reconfiguring the layout of the router and satellites so that they could all comunicate wirelessly. Getting strong performance now.
FURRYe38
Oct 19, 2020Guru - Experienced User
Good to hear. Ya, Cat5 was good at the time. 5e is ok but getting older now and not as good and cat6 and beyond.
Glad you got it working on wireless. Please mark your thread as solves so others will know.
Enjoy. :smileywink: