Orbi MR 2.1 Update 3/23/18

@FURRYe38

I am very aware of this, I was just commeting of the great speed improvement I have experience over wireless with this update which is TOP OF THE LINE speed IMHO. but hey thanks for reply.

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Elywrote:

I have a 1GBs connection from Comcast which I always get close to over Ethernet. However I never got even close to that over wireless before. My speed improved from 200MBs before to over 320MB/s over wirless after this update. That's over 100MB/sec difference right there.

 

That's all I'm gonna say for now.

 

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FURRYe38wrote:

Just FYI, current wireless technology doesn't support 900+- speed testing. At most you might see 500mb. Too many factors llike client HW, design, connection rates and environment. Hard to see thruput speeds like that on wireless. 

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The Orbi uses a 2x2 radio for the fronthaul network. This has a theoretical max of ~866 Mbps (5 Ghz, AC). In normal "real-life" environments, you can expect to see about 2/3 of this theoretical max. I think the absolute best I've ever seen in my testing is in the ballpark of ~620 Mbps, but usually it's closer to the 500-550 range. One of these days, I'll get around to setting up an iperf server so I can do local-only tests that don't rely on the outside network, which is the only way to really get an accurate view of you WiFI performance.