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RBR750 speeds - Is this expected?
Hello,
I'm testing speeds around the house with my Pixel 7 phone using the Ookla Speedtest app.
Anyway, I was wondering if these speeds are good, and if upgrading to a newer model Orbi would produce better results.
I have Xfinity 800Mbps service, upload speeds seem to hover around 22-23 Mbps under all conditions, so I'm focusing on download speeds.
Orbi app: 940Mbps
Next to router (2nd floor): 750
Bedroom (2nd floor, two rooms away): 501
Next to satellite 1 (1st floor): 549
Office (1st floor, two rooms away from sat 1): 564
Next to satellite 2 (basement): 492
Do those speeds seem to make sense? I'm not sure how much of a decrease I should expect being near a satellite vs. the main router.
Both satellites are connected wirelessly. The basement satellite is next to a TV that I have connected via ethernet to the main router. Does it make more sense to connect the satellite to that ethernet cable and then connect the TV to the satellite via an additional ethernet cable?
Thanks, appreciate any insight!
Those are pretty solid speeds.
You might be able to get a little faster but I don't think your investment would be worth it because it'd cost quite a bit.
Plus you really don't need faster speeds. Even streaming 4k only needs 25-40mbps. So if you're hitting upwards of 500mbps anywhere in your house, your speeds are plenty fast to do anything you need. You might see a benefit if you're doing a lot of massive file uploads but otherwise, its not the bottleneck in performance.
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Those are pretty solid speeds.
You might be able to get a little faster but I don't think your investment would be worth it because it'd cost quite a bit.
Plus you really don't need faster speeds. Even streaming 4k only needs 25-40mbps. So if you're hitting upwards of 500mbps anywhere in your house, your speeds are plenty fast to do anything you need. You might see a benefit if you're doing a lot of massive file uploads but otherwise, its not the bottleneck in performance.
Thanks, that's helpful!
Another question: I notice big speed differences depending on the device (all using Speedtest's app and the same test server). At the same spot in my office, my HP work laptop gets 282Mbps down, my Lenovo personal laptop gets 403Mbps and my Pixel 7 phone gets 536Mbps. Both laptops have Wifi 6, I checked the drivers. Is that normal?
Each device maker is going to have certain efficiencies. Its why actual throughput tends to be 55-65% of link speed.
Plus each one could be different antenna setups. A device with only a 1x1 antenna will have half the speed of a 2x2 device.
Plus you'll see a significant speed different from 2.4ghz to 5ghz.
Plus obstructions in the wall/interference/etc.