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guitarman555
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Oct 16, 2022
Solved

RBRE960 - wireless connection from bedroom pc to orbi goes way down in speed

I’m having troubles getting my bedroom PC to connect to the orbi’s with consistently high speed. I use a 6E wireless card. The TP Link AXE5400 When everything is working right, the card pulls down ...
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guitarman555
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Oct 29, 2022

I was premature in marking this solved. I'm still having the same troubles. It's not just one device, I've had it on 3 different devices. Right now - my phone and my downstairs PC are getting full speed, but my bedroom pc still isn't.

It's the same troubles when there's troubles. Everything works ok, I get 900 plus download and am able to access orbi login. Doesn't work right I only get 180 or so, and am unable to access the orbi login page.

It says my bedroom pc is connected to the wi fi 6 band.

I've reset the orbi router to factory several times - and then set it up again, but nothing helps. I hope someone out there can spot a solution. I've tried support, but they're of no help. 

  • Mikey94025's avatar
    Mikey94025
    Hero
    Oct 29, 2022
    guitarman555 wrote:

    It says my bedroom pc is connected to the wi fi 6 band.

    How far is your bedroom PC from the Orbi base/satellite?  Are there any walls inbetween?  The 6Ghz band is faster but even shorter range than 5Ghz that limitation may be playing into your environmental conditions.

     

    Frankly, I think it's a waste of time trying to obsess over your speed test results.  Nothing should matter whether you have 180Gbps or 900Gbps.  Wi-fi interference and environmental conditions will cause speed results to vary across devices.

     

    However, if you cannot access something on your network then that's a serious problem and investigate that connectivity issue (separate from speed).  I suggest diagnosing connectivity breakage by first turning off your satellites and seeing if it reoccurs (if yes, then try turning on a satellite one by one).  Is it only one device that has these issues (if yes and it's your PC, disable 6Ghz and see if it reoccurs - If no then it could be a 6Ghz limitation with your device driver or the Orbi).

    • guitarman555's avatar
      guitarman555
      Tutor
      Nov 01, 2022

      The Bedroom PC isn’t very far from the main router - just through one wall - maybe 8 to10 feet away at most. I also have one of the orbi sattelites up here in this bedroom as well, so it’s close to the garage ring cam. It looks like the Bedroom PC connects to the satellite.

       

      I do hear you about the obsessing over 180Mbps vs. 900Mbps, my ocd kicking in lol. But, it’s what goes with it that concerns me. Whenever it drops to the 180Mbps, I’m unable to log onto Orbi via the browser.

       

      And this connectivity issue isn’t limited to the bedroom PC. It’s done the same thing on the downstairs PC (which is hooked to the main orbi via Ethernet) and it’s done the same thing in my iPhone 14 pro.

      Same speed - around 180 and no connectivity to the orbi router (on both PC’s both the wireless and wired). On the iPhone, I’m still able to get on the orbi app.

       

      Right now as I’m writing this, the regular 900Mbps speed has returned on the bedroom PC. With that, I’m able to log onto the orbi via the edge browser. I did take the advice of saving the settings again. I figure the next time (I hope there isn’t a next time now) the 180Mbps returns and I can’t get on Orbi via the bedroom PC, I’ll hopefully be able to get on the downstairs PC and load the saved Orbi settings.

       

      Thanks to everyone that’s been trying to help, much appreciated. Hopefully everything will keep working well from here on out now.

       

      When everything’s working right - this Orbi is a beast. Being able to get over 900Mbps on a wireless desktop PC is insane really.