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HELP! Slow WiFi on RBR850
Desperate for some help, this system is driving me mad! I've got the RBK853 - AX6000 Router and 2 Satellites The router is plugged into the service provider modem with a Cat 8 cable. On the Orbi...
Colin_523 wrote:
Not sure what you mean by sync rate?
The rate at which the wireless on the client syncs with the with the wireless on the router.
You can find it using the Oribi app by tapping on the client in question in the client list of the Client Manager tile of navigating though the Network Map tile to the client. It's called Link Rate in that display.
Generally you won't get 90% of the Link Rate throughput, more likely you will get 2/3 to 3/4 of it.
If your Link Rate is low then there is probably interference or you are a distance away from the router or satelite your wireless client is associated with. But being too close can sometimes be a problem too.
Typically wireless AX clients will sync at up to 1200mpbs and ac clients will sync at up to 866mpbs (ie. 2x2 wireless, 2 receive and 2 transmit streams). If your wireless client has more than two streams (eg. some computers, but mobile devices, laptops, TVs etc. generally have 2x2 wireless) the rate will be higher.
Ok, thanks.
My iPhone and MBP are in the same place and connected to the same satellite. MBP link rate is 1170Mbps, iPhone is 720Mbps. MBP is getting about 30% of that and iPhone about 37%.
The link rate in my iPhone app is Network Map / Click on the Orbi connected to / Click on the device in the list
My head hurts!
Colin_523 wrote:Ok, thanks.
My iPhone and MBP are in the same place and connected to the same satellite. MBP link rate is 1170Mbps, iPhone is 720Mbps. MBP is getting about 30% of that and iPhone about 37%.
The link rate in my iPhone app is Network Map / Click on the Orbi connected to / Click on the device in the list
My head hurts!
It's probably a silly question but have you (on the iPhone) forgot or reconfigured (on the MBP) the wireless association?
It probably won't help but should be fairly straight forward to try.
In the past the claim is that there can be information about a previous wireless connection that isn't ok for a connection to a different device. I'm not certain that's right but when I first started using AX based routers I started seeing router reboots and after going around and resetting connection on devices a couple at a time, easiest first (mobiles, TV's etc.), the reboots eventualy actually stopped happening, odd I must say.
So perhaps this is worth trying.
Tried Googling this and can't find anything on it, so no idea where to start.