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Orbi RBR860 Speedtest at 3600+ Mbps but devices connected to 5Ghz only got ~900 Mbps
I'm on a hyperfiber 4 Gbps plan from my broadband provider and using RBR860 as the router, directly connected to the fibrebox via the 10 Gbps port. Then I tested the internet speed with Orbi app (...
WiFi speed is a complicated subject. Internet search will provide reasons why a WiFi6 device will have a maximum theoretical Link Rate of 1200Mbps assuming that a two antenna device is using the full 80MHz wide channel.
Real world experience is always lower than the theoretical maximum:
https://www.reddit.com/r/HomeNetworking/comments/114622t/realworld_speeds_from_wifi6_aps/?rdt=35870
I have an iPhone 15 Pro and the Orbi 960. I get up to around 1400-1500 Mbps D/L with it.
If your iPhone is getting around 900, that suspiciously looks like the iPhone is using WiFi 5, not 6. I have seen the phone get stuck like that, and sometimes needs WiFi turned off/on, or even a restart.
If you use the Orbi app, run it on your phone, tap Device Manager, find your phone in the list, and tap the name - you will see something like this. Is it on 6 GHz?
Also - how far away from the router are you when you run the WiFi speed test?
And, what version of firmware are you running on the 860?