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Configuring ORBI RBR50 with ATT Fiber
Hello all, I've been a long time user of my Orbi RBR50 first with an Xfinity cable connection. It has been rock solid (occasional outages but nothing significantly long in duration). The impressi...
Like I said above, I've gotten better wireless speeds with my old Xfinity connection. Easily 450mbps and more consistent. In fact after I've tested my ATT fiber connection today more extensively, the speeds drop to around 200mbps even in direct line of sight (no obstructions) of the Orbi router but around 20 ft away. When I used to have the Xfinity connection, I could be 40 ft away with several walls/structures in the way and I would still get nearly 450mbps.
I definitely am NOT impressed with ATT fiber -- especially if it can't play well with hardware like the Orbi. Some may argue its Orbi's fault but I think the fault like squarely on ATT's firmware for the Arris gateway.
Have you tried AP mode with the RBR and the modem in router mode with wifi radios disabled?
This suggestion of yours may be the next thing I try... that said I wish others who have the same ATT fiber plus Orbi chime in on their wireless connection speeds.. is everyone just accepting 200-350mbps connection speeds on a supposed GIGABIT connection?! My HALF megabit Xfinity connection resulted in a 450mbit+ wireless connection speed regardless of where in the house. Also I do have newer hardware that is not hampered by the theoretical max speed of the respective standard. I have ac and ax devices and the wireless connection speed should max out at 866mbit for ac-standard devices. I don't expect 866, but why not 500? Why not 600 or 700?
The 866Mbps is a connection rate ONLY between the orbi Wifi and wifi devices that support connecting at the rate. The rate is not actual bandwith speed that you will see on a download or upload on a AC supporting wifi device. The rate and bandwidth speeds are different. You will not see anything near or much over 500Mbps. AC class devices max out between 400-500Mpbs mostly. Even on Orbi, with mine, I see just over 400Mpbs with my iphone 6sP. Again, speeds on AC are dependent upon signal, quality, distance, device design and support and signal noise. Many factors contribute to wifi speeds being seen or not seen. Just the nature of 5Ghz AC and wifi design.
Wired yes, you should need near or just over 900Mpbs on the wire only.
Again, like I said, I don't expect the theoretical max. But I do expect at least as good as my previous ISP. 450-500Mbps is what I got previously. So why is it I get about HALF of this on ATT fiber?
So you say I should not see anything close to 500Mbps but that's basically what I got all day, every day on Xfinity, even in older devices like a 4 year old IPad Pro.
The fact that I see others who are using Orbi Ax6000 and still having trouble with their ATT fiber speeds tells me a lot. In that case, the constraining factor should be the internet connection speed purchased since a gigabit connection still cannot fully saturate this specific router. But in my case, the constraining factor should be the Orbi router but the fact using the same hardware I get half my previous Xfinity speeds is all the indication we need to note something is seriously wrong with the handoff/passthrough mode.