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Orbi WiFi 6E performance
(I did look for posts about this, but I couldn't find anything that matched. If I missed it, please point me in the right direction.) I recently upgraded to faster Internet, with GotNetSpeed 1 Gbs...
I'm returning it. Still have the original boxes I got it from Amazon.
I was already frustrated with the fact that it's not getting me 600 Mbps over WiFi 6MHz from 3 feet away or more than 400 Mbps upstairs, and I don't need the second satellite. At this point, I went with an Ethernet backhaul and turned off the spare satellite, so I'm barely using it for its designed features.
That's why I was frustrated. Just now, the satellite stopped working. Rebooting it didn't help. Removing the Ethernet backhaul didn't help. Turning on the spare didn't help. I could have tried rebooting the router itself and then repeating the steps to sync with the satellites and so on, but this would have been pointless.
The Orbi does not do the job I need it to and it's not even reliable for what little I ask of it. So it's gone.Thanks for your attempt to help me, though. I sincerely appreciate the time and effort you took. I am not at all likely to purchase an Orbi product in the future.
SteveNetSpeed wrote:
What can I do to fix this?
Short answer: connect the two upstairs satellites to the router using Cat6 Ethernet cables, a separate cable to each satellite. For many users, such as myself, this is simply impractical. (i.e. really costly)
It would helpful to verify how the satellites are connected now, i.e. do they both connect to the basement router or do they Daisy Chain. The Orbi web browser Attached Devices page will show this, or the Orbi 'app' Network Diagram.
If the main computer has a gigabit Ethernet port (as most do), then using the 2.5 GB port instead of one of the gigabit ports makes no difference.
Yeah, it's impractical because I'd either have to have it snaked through the walls or crudely attached near the baseboards. One thought is that I could use a 30' Ethernet cable to bring the router to the top of the stairs, right behind the door and almost at the level of the first floor. That would avoid any interference from metal in the basement.
I checked as you suggested and I was surprised to find that both satellites were connecting directly to the router, not daisy-chaining. Based on the WiFi Analyzer software on my phone, the basement signal is pretty weak on the second floor, which is precisely why I went for mesh. Is there some way to convince it to daisy-chain?
I don't think the 2.5 Gbps port makes much of a difference here as top speed is still a little under that limit. I'm just mentioning it because it's my topology.