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I recently upgraded to the AT&T fiber 1G plan
Hello, looking for some advice. I recently upgraded to the AT&T fiber 1G plan, I had Spectrum broadband 1G plan prior to changing, and was consistently getting 700 - 800 speed, while using the Orbi RBK763S-100NAS as the router along with 2 satellites. I switched over to ATT with the BGW620-700 gateway, I was immediately getting 1200 / 1200to the home, 875 / 600 to my phone using the ATT BGW. I then set up the Orbi, set it to passthrough, wifi off, tried both with and without AP mode, and dropped with all options where Orbi was involved to 450 - 600 / 500 - 700. I ended up going back to the ATT BGW only and am getting 1200 / 1200 to BGW and 800 - 900 / 900 - 100 to phone. So I am sticking with the BGW, but I was wondering if you would recommend getting a higher model Orbi, if I find I need to extend my zone to reach back yard, garage, etc better? p.s. I am not super tech savy so learning as I go
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Due to the limitation of the WAN and LAN ports on the 760 series system of 1000Mpbs, you'll never see any speeds much over 900Mpbs on that system.
If your ISP has support for speeds beyond 1000Mpbs, then you'll need a Orbi system that has WAN and LAN port speeds that support beyond 1000Mbps.
Orbi models AXE 960 series start at having both WAN and LAN ports that support speeds past 1000Mbps. Orbi BE series all have WAN and LAN ports that support speeds past 1000Mpbs.
