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RBR850 / RBS850 | Wired Backhaul | Satellite Limited to 100Mbps
Hoping someone else has had this issue and may be able to steer me in the correct direction.
I have an Orbi RBR850 and RBS850 setup. The RBS850 is wired to the RBR850 via in-home ethernet wiring using the Orbi Wired Backhaul setup. I have ATT Gigabit service, and I do see the ~900 / 900 from the router speed test admin page and via directly wiring to the RBR850 with a computer.
After a period of time (usually about an hour), the RBS850 limits WiFi speed to about ~100Mbps (97-98 download and upload). Rebooting the RBS850 will return WiFi to around ~300-400 Mbps for a short period of time, and then it will go back to this limited ~100Mbps speed. I've searched the forums/reddit for similar issues, and I applied some minor "Advanced Wireless Settings" tweaks based on others issues (screenshot attached to this post). This didn't actually help though. Speeds returned to ~100Mbps after the satellite had been online for a bit.
Of course, I am out of warranty therefore I'm hoping there's an actual solution here other than the satellite is toast, and I'm stuck with a lackluster satellite.
100% agree with plemans. I had this exact same issue and was banging my head almost literally againt the wall to solve this. It turned out to be a small 1.5Ft patch panel cable that must have had a tempermental break or termination. I replaced it (while trying to troubleshoot the in-wall cable) and suddenly the issue was gone permanently. Replaced that patch cable and I haven't had an issue again since.
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You said "through in home wiring".
I've seen numerous times where in home wiring had issues either with cheaper cable used or with ends that weren't crimped right/well enough and caused speeds to drop from gigabit to 10/100mbps connections.
Any chance you have a 100ft ethernet cable laying around?
Or even just one log enough to hardwire in the satellite with a known good cable?That way you can check if its actually a satellite issue or just a cable connect not being the issue.
Or even if you're using a switch in between the router---satellite to remove it for testing.
100% agree with plemans. I had this exact same issue and was banging my head almost literally againt the wall to solve this. It turned out to be a small 1.5Ft patch panel cable that must have had a tempermental break or termination. I replaced it (while trying to troubleshoot the in-wall cable) and suddenly the issue was gone permanently. Replaced that patch cable and I haven't had an issue again since.
Any progress on this?
CAT6 is recommended LAN cable type.
ArcaneAnomie wrote:
Hoping someone else has had this issue and may be able to steer me in the correct direction.
I have an Orbi RBR850 and RBS850 setup. The RBS850 is wired to the RBR850 via in-home ethernet wiring using the Orbi Wired Backhaul setup. I have ATT Gigabit service, and I do see the ~900 / 900 from the router speed test admin page and via directly wiring to the RBR850 with a computer.
After a period of time (usually about an hour), the RBS850 limits WiFi speed to about ~100Mbps (97-98 download and upload). Rebooting the RBS850 will return WiFi to around ~300-400 Mbps for a short period of time, and then it will go back to this limited ~100Mbps speed. I've searched the forums/reddit for similar issues, and I applied some minor "Advanced Wireless Settings" tweaks based on others issues (screenshot attached to this post). This didn't actually help though. Speeds returned to ~100Mbps after the satellite had been online for a bit.
Of course, I am out of warranty therefore I'm hoping there's an actual solution here other than the satellite is toast, and I'm stuck with a lackluster satellite.
Thanks for the responses, folks.
Swapping out the patch cable from the wall to the satellite seems to have made a remarkable difference. So frustrated that I didn't try this sooner.
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
Enjoy. 📡Glad it was a simple fix!
surprising how frequently the little cables or the ends on cables go bad.
