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Jeffgear
Virtuoso
Nov 14, 2025

What should I believe is the actual connection speed?

I've got 2 860 sats that show as connected at 5Ghz and "good" in the attached devices table but the connection status stats shows the WLAN backhaul running at 2402M. What should I believe is the actual connection speed?

rbk860

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  • FURRYe38's avatar
    FURRYe38
    Guru - Experienced User
    Nov 14, 2025

    Tech specs are this for this series of Orbi:

    Orbi AX6000 Router and AX6000 Satellite
    (2400 + 2400 + 1200Mbps)†

    2400 would be the max rated connection rate between the RBR and RBS for BH in a perfect setting. Building materials and distance will impact that and since we don't have low level access to FW output via telnet anymore, can't read what is actual. 

  • plemans's avatar
    plemans
    Guru - Experienced User
    Nov 15, 2025

    Link speed isn't the best test.

    Your best test is to hardwire a pc/laptop into the satellite and do a speedtest on it and see what you get. 

    Years ago when I started testing mesh networks, I tested a ton of locations in my house. Surprisingly, sometimes a small lateral movement or moving further away can help avoid interference from objects in the walls or layout (think HVAC, metal fridges, etc). So its worth doing a little testing in different locations to see what works the best. 

    And I'd recommend the hardwired option so you aren't testing both the backhaul (router----sat) and the fronthaul (sat---->device).