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Billy1956
Aug 23, 2026Aspirant
The installer said the Gateway would work with my Orbi 973
Two weeks ago, I switched from Cox to AT&T Fiber. The installer said the Gateway would work with my Orbi 973 as plug-and-play with no settings changed. It took a while to connect, but eventually it w...
StephenB
Aug 23, 2026Guru - Experienced User
Billy1956 wrote:I noticed one of my wired satellites had rebooted on its own, reconnecting at 100 instead of 2500.
Is this using Cat 6 or better cabling? Cat 5e often can't handle multigig reliably. I have seen this result in fast-ethernet negotiation (even though you'd expect gigabit).