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Xfinity 2gbps/200mbps service and expected speeds
I have a RBK853, and I just upgraded my suburban Chicago service from Xfinity 1200 mbps/60 mbps to 2000 mbps/200 mbps (for a price decrease of $6/month). When I speed test from the RBK850, I get ...
Some of that capability will be based on what your devices are designed and supported for. Depending on antenna and MIMO support, 2x2 can only do so much. 4x4 devices should see well over 1Gb.
https://www.increasebroadbandspeed.co.uk/realistic-speeds-wi-fi-5-and-wi-fi-6
https://www.duckware.com/tech/wifi-in-the-us.html
https://support.google.com/fiber/answer/6250056#zippy=%2Cmobile-devices-wi-fi
Best to check speeds with a wired PC at the ISP modem first to see what's seen there.
You'll not see much over 900Mpbs on the Orbi LAN ports due to there limits at 1000Mpbs.
FURRYe38 wrote:Some of that capability will be based on what your devices are designed and supported for. Depending on antenna and MIMO support, 2x2 can only do so much. 4x4 devices should see well over 1Gb.
https://www.increasebroadbandspeed.co.uk/realistic-speeds-wi-fi-5-and-wi-fi-6
https://www.duckware.com/tech/wifi-in-the-us.html
https://support.google.com/fiber/answer/6250056#zippy=%2Cmobile-devices-wi-fiBest to check speeds with a wired PC at the ISP modem first to see what's seen there.
You'll not see much over 900Mpbs on the Orbi LAN ports due to there limits at 1000Mpbs.
If you'll look at my speeds from the RBK850, you'll see the Orbi is getting over 2 gbps download. Also note that I'm using a wifi 6 backhaul, and I'm connected to the satellite using wifi 6.
I don't know what the wifi antennas are on my iMac, but do know that the wifi 6 connection to the satellite were faster than a gigabit hardwire connection from my Thunderbolt dock to my satellite's LAN port (which is why my service order prefers wifi 6).
The 10 gb ethernet port on my iMac goes to a 10 gb private network which includes a Synology DS1821+ with a 10 gb card which gives me access to NAS storage at over 900 MB/sec peak.Really I'm quite satisfied with my internet speed, but was just curious as to what kind of throughput I could expect with the wifi 6 connection.
Based on distances of the RBR and RBS, distances between devices and RBR and RBS, and building materials and again, device design and support of it's wifi, will all play a roll in how wifi speeds end up in results.
FURRYe38 wrote:Based on distances of the RBR and RBS, distances between devices and RBR and RBS, and building materials and again, device design and support of it's wifi, will all play a roll in how wifi speeds end up in results.
Well, in order to get decent connection reliability, I had to cut both 2.4 and 5 ghz transmission strength to 50% … so I guess things are working just peachy and near their theoretical limits.
Given the enormous costs of moving to 6e or 7 it really doesn't make sense for me to move up … though having more than 1 gbps in my mesh would make backing up/restoring the downstairs Synology more attractive when that's needed - I wouldn't need to haul the unit up and connect it to my 10 gb private network.
That's really rare though … so I suppose I'm in a good spot now until something catastrophic happens to my RBK853.
Anyone know if the 6e and 7 feature flow control?
When I tried hooking my 10 gb switch to my RBS850's LAN port, internet speed went downhill dramatically. I got better internet speed to my iMac going out wifi 6 or through the Thunderbolt dock's gigabit connection and using the 10 gb switch as a private data network.