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theclawfr
Aspirant
Oct 06, 2021

Slow wifi with RBR350 and satellites

Hi all I've got the following strange behaviour on my Orbi Wifi 6 router. It's and RBR350 with 2 sattellites. My internet access is more or less 1Gb/s, for LAN. The wifi close to the ISP router ...
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theclawfr
Aspirant
Oct 14, 2021

Hi

 

Thanks for your reply.

 

So here's another bit of evidence: my Mac, connected with Ethernet to my ISP router, gets 1 Gb. When I move it upstairs and hooks it to the Ethernet port of one of the satelittes, it gets 500 Mb. So if the wifi between the Orbi devices is supposed to go 1Gb+ why is the Ethernet from the satelitte only 500 Gb ?

 

The firmware version of the router is 4.4.0.10_2.10.63

 

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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Oct 14, 2021

You may or may not need near 900Mb at the RBS as there is over head, distance between the RBR and RBS, some signal noise and depending on signal strength, and building materials that can impact signals between the RBR and RBS, will all impact speed and performance of the RBS. Nature of wireless.