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MrHeadgasket
Follower
Jun 03, 2021

Speakers only connect to my Orbi RBR 850 at 72mbps

Hi there,

I am having an interesting challenge with my home speakers and my Orbi 850. I have a number of Apple Homepods, HomePod mini's and Robert's iStream 3 radios around my house. The Homepods are happily connected to my Orbi at 866 Mbps but the HomePod minis and iStream 3's all connect to the 5ghz band at 72 Mbps. One HomePod mini and one iStream 3 are about 8ft from the Router in full line of sight without obstructions and show full signal in the device manager but still only connect at 72 Mbps which seems to be well below the 802.11n or ac speeds they are respectively capable of.

 

have I missed something... is there a setting somewhere that throttles certain types of device?

 

I know HomePod minis can be funny about WiFi but it seems odd that both they and my iStream 3's are all stuck at 72 Mbps. 

Any help would be appreciated

1 Reply

  • antinode's avatar
    antinode
    Guru
    Jun 04, 2021

    > I am having an interesting challenge with my home speakers and my Orbi
    > 850. [...]

     

       Why blame the router?  Do these devices get a faster connection to
    any other router?

     

    > [...] only connect at 72 Mbps which seems to be well below the 802.11n
    > or ac speeds they are respectively capable of.

     

       Putting my bicycle on the Autobahn wouldn't make it "capable" of the
    speeds supported there.  How much speed do think is needed to cope with
    a couple of audio channels?