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Orbi speeds on RBS850 are much slower since switching to Fiber Internet with Nokia modem
I just upgraded to fiber internet yesterday since it recently became available. When doing the Orbi internal app speed test, it is showing over 1GB up and down. However when doing the speedtest.net a...
Glad you got it working. Please mark your thread as solved so others will know. Be sure to save off a back up configuration to file for safe keeping. Saves time if a reset is needed.
https://kb.netgear.com/000062080/How-do-I-back-up-the-configuration-settings-on-my-Orbi-WiFi-System
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I just connected an available cat 5e ethernet cable to my iMac desktop near the Orbi router. At Ookla speedtest site, I get 938.15 download and 937.66 upload.
The devices I am using around the house to test my connection speed is an iPhone 12max and last year's model iPad so I know both my iPads are Wi-Fi 6 compatible.
The bottom line though is my previous ISP was Cable internet capped at 500MB. I regularly got speed tests at or slightly above 500MB with same Orbi system and satellite locations.
It is standard procedure for the new Fiber ISP to turn off Wi-fi to allow customers to use existing mesh equipment. I do have a ticket escalated with them to see if there is anything else.
Thanks. The LAN ports on the RBR850 router are gigabit Ethernet, so the highest possible speed is "just under" 1 gigabit.
When the iPhone and iPad are very close to the router, what speeds do they report?
Whether the fiber device routing function has been disabled (or not) is mostly academic unless there are specific applications being used. (Internet search for "Double NAT" for examples.)
Near router speedtest on iPhone 12 is just 544MB down and 234MB up.
On my iPad it was 570 up and 475 down.
So something is off. I noticed the post above that I may not be on latest Firmware. But when I do the check from admin setup it shows no further updates. But I guess it may be available manually to do. If so then I have to figure out how to do that. If it is recommended.
Would be around to spec speeds seen on these devices. I get same or maybe nearer to 600Mbps with my iPhone 12 Pro Max. I can see near 700Mbps sometimes while at the RBR. These devices will never see near or over 900Mpbs due to them being 2x2 mimo devices.
HJJONES01 wrote:
But I guess it may be available manually to do. If so then I have to figure out how to do that. If it is recommended.
Manual firmware update is "up to the user". There appear to be several philosophies:
- Early adopters, also knows as "Fools rush in where angels...."
(lemme at it. I'll try anything!) - "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." If the system is meeting expectations, why take even a tiny chance of something going wrong?
- Does it offer something? In this specific instance, Netgear added the ability to create another WiFi network (SSID). They call it "IoT" because it is intended to address the issue of devices which are difficult to connect to WiFi because their smartphone software is poorly written. IoT allows the user to disable 5G WiFi (and turn it back on again).
(I have never needed another WiFi SSID consuming bandwidth, so it would not be useful to me.)
Instructions for manual update can be found here:
Best practice of manual updating FW:
- Early adopters, also knows as "Fools rush in where angels...."