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acebeforejack
Dec 20, 2019Aspirant
Orbi wifi 6 RBR850 hardwire speeds slow
I recently upgraded my home wifi to the newest Orbi wifi 6 imesh, (RBR850) Before i changed out my other router i tested my speeds hardwired and wirless. I am getting 1g thru comcast.. Before i switc...
acebeforejack
Dec 20, 2019Aspirant
Firmware Version
V3.2.8.5_1.2.3
Modem is a arris Model sb8200
Ill try the sweet spot app and try reconecting the iphone to wifi. Thank you for your help.
Chuck_M
Dec 23, 2019Mentor
Are there any switches involved in the wiring>?
- McLongDec 23, 2019Luminary
I'm experiencing the exact same thing. Speedtest GigE hardwired are slower than WiFi.
- swittersDec 24, 2019Apprentice
I'm experiencing the same thing. Just posted another thread about it, but following here.
I have Xfinity gigabit and my house is wired for ethernet. Before I installed Orbi Mesh, my iMac Pro in my home office was getting ~930 Mbps down.
After installing Orbi, it was getting only 200-300 Mbps!
- acebeforejackDec 24, 2019AspirantNo switches , hardwired 5 ft away from the Orbi router - Same wire and distance as when I had the old router , Crazy thing is, I plugged a laptop in the router (next to my pc) run the same speed test and it comes back 840mbps.. My main PC reads 317mbps - same upload though. Before I changed to Orbi everything that was hardwire would read 700-900 mbps
- swittersDec 24, 2019ApprenticeSimilar thing here.
iMac Pro > Ethernet wall port > Xfinity router = 930 Mbps
MacBook Pro > USB to Ethernet adapter > Xfinity router = 930 Mbps
Either computer > Ethernet > Orbi AX > Xfinity modem = 80-200 Mbps
I actually disconnected the Orbi system and went back to Xfinity + xFi pods until I figure this out. The speed of my wired connection for my iMac Pro is more important than faster wireless (and I wasn’t really even getting that with Orbi).
I’m considering Unifi wireless access points as an alternative.- Chuck_MDec 25, 2019Mentor
Do either of you have anything on your network (hard wired) like Sonos speakers?