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RBR750 wired backhaul link speed
The I was doing some other wiring and decided to run some cat6 to my RBS750 as well. It shows the connection as wired to the RBR, but a speedtest from a PC connected to the RBS is only showing as 100Mbps (I have Gigabit internet) If I direct connect the PC to the RBR instead, using the same run, I see 900+ Mbps as expected.
Shouldn't I get full speed through the backhaul? Any ideas?
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Yes, that is what one would expect. Some questions:
100Mbps is a peculiar number. What specifically is the reported speed? (i.e. there is a huge difference between 95Mbps and 105Mbps.)
The RBR750 router will show the "Link Speed" of each LAN port on the Orbi web interface (http://orbilogin.net ) on the Advanced Tab home screen when you click on the blue box "Show Statistics". What does it show for the port this new Cat6 cable is connected to? (It is a real bummer that Netgear does not provide a method to display the same information for the satellite ports.)
When connecting a PC "using the same run" does that mean the entire cable path, i.e. the RJ45 plug that was connected to the Orbi satellite RJ45 port is moved to the PC RJ45 port?
What sort of PC is being used for the test? (Windows 10, Windows 11, Mac?)
When the satellite is connected to that Cat6 cable, does the web interface Attached Devices page show that it has changed from WiFi backhaul to 'Wired' backhaul?
