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gregnauman
Mar 05, 2024Apprentice
The 2.5 Gig port of Orbi is limiting network speeds received by the ISP Modem
Basically what is going on is I had Xfinity Gigabit. I have my xfinity modem in bridge mode and plugged into the Orbi lan port and was getting 960MB down. and the devices on my network were getting ...
ezpzDUDE
Dec 05, 2025Guide
Greg, are you still getting that type of performance with latest firmware updates? I had to switch (on XB8-T) from 2.5 GB Port to port 1 because of ‘compatibility’ issues between this port and Orbi WiFi 6 routers in bridge mode. But cannot understand why I am still getting such sub gb (800) hardwired connectivity.
Thank you for any updates