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Orbi RBK853 Satellites limited to 90Mbps
I just installed a new orbi RBK853 system: an RBR850 router, and 2 RBS 850 satellites. Both satellites are hard-wired for the backhaul directly to the router. When I do a network speed test from a ...
I fixed it! Here was the problem:
When my house was wired with Cat5e, they split each cable: 4 wires for ethernet, and 4 for telephone. That will allow 100Mbps at most with 100BASE-Tx. But to get faster speeds, ALL 8 wires on the Cat5e must be used in the connectors.
Solution:
I cut the wires for the phone lines on each of the Cat5e cables I was using for the satelite backhaul (since I am not using the phone connection in the rooms where I have the satellites) and wired them on to a single connector. Then I wired them to the router in the configuration recommended by Netgear when using a switch: Wired Backhaul Now the speed I get when connected wirelessly to either of the satellites, is the same as when I am wirelessly connected to the router: The full 400Mbps download I pay for from the cable company.
I hope that this experience will be helpful to anyone else with this problem. I learned alot about the differences between Fast, and Gigabit Ethernet in this process!
Thank you for your response! I think I may know what the issue is, but I need to test it: I think when my house was wired with Cat5e, they split each cable: 4 wires for ethernet, and 4 for telephone. To my understanding Gigabit ethernet requires all 8 wires. I am going to do some rewiring, and then I will report back here.
Oh, that could be a cause. Let us know how it goes...
I fixed it! Here was the problem:
When my house was wired with Cat5e, they split each cable: 4 wires for ethernet, and 4 for telephone. That will allow 100Mbps at most with 100BASE-Tx. But to get faster speeds, ALL 8 wires on the Cat5e must be used in the connectors.
Solution:
I cut the wires for the phone lines on each of the Cat5e cables I was using for the satelite backhaul (since I am not using the phone connection in the rooms where I have the satellites) and wired them on to a single connector. Then I wired them to the router in the configuration recommended by Netgear when using a switch: Wired Backhaul Now the speed I get when connected wirelessly to either of the satellites, is the same as when I am wirelessly connected to the router: The full 400Mbps download I pay for from the cable company.
I hope that this experience will be helpful to anyone else with this problem. I learned alot about the differences between Fast, and Gigabit Ethernet in this process!
Yes there was a time when phone and data could live on the same cable line. Waas a good idea at the beginning. So glad you figured it out you got things all re-wired and working now.
Enjoy. :smileywink: