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Orbi RBR850 WiFi extremely slow
My setup is an Arris Surfboard 8200 with no WiFi, Cox 1Gbs service and a Orbi RBR850 with two Satellites. I recently noticed when trying to download some magazine subscriptions on my iPad that it wa...
Update #1: My MacBookPro shows it's connected via 5GHz on channel 48. Speedtest is under 20Mbs. So problem is not related to 2.4GHz. Will see if I can factory reset entire Orbi system and reconfigure.
Update #2: I decided that before I attempt a reset and fresh install, I'd play around with some of the 5GHz advanced settings. First, I turned on 5GHz WMM with no affect. Then I turned preamble from auto to short and the speeds jumped from 18Mbps download to 281Mbps. Have most of my speed back and I'm not touching anything :)
What is the size of your home? Sq Ft?
What is the distance between the router and 📡 satellite(s)? 30 feet or more is recommended in between RBR and RBS📡 to begin with depending upon building materials when wirelessly connected.Here my Mac Book Pro speeds at 1300Mpbs connection rate: OSX 12.0.1
My 8 series current settings and configuration:
