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macinthekitchen
Nov 02, 2021Guide
Orbi RBR50 / RBS50 bandwidth drop
Hoping someone can help me. I'm 30 nanoseconds outside of Netgear's appaling 'you get 90 days then your on your own' paid support system so it's down to folks on here :) I have my Orbi router and...
- Nov 20, 2021Final update to let future readers of this thread know that I'm an idiot and that you've probably wasted your time reading this if you're looking for a solution to Orbi bandwidth drops.
In the end.... it was an intermittent fault with my broadband line. It had a grounding issue caused by water getting into the wires at the point they entered my house. Engineer came out, replaced wires, been sorting like a dream for 4 days now.
Nothing to see here. Move on. Insert Homer Fading Into Bush gif.
macinthekitchen
Nov 20, 2021Guide
Final update to let future readers of this thread know that I'm an idiot and that you've probably wasted your time reading this if you're looking for a solution to Orbi bandwidth drops.
In the end.... it was an intermittent fault with my broadband line. It had a grounding issue caused by water getting into the wires at the point they entered my house. Engineer came out, replaced wires, been sorting like a dream for 4 days now.
Nothing to see here. Move on. Insert Homer Fading Into Bush gif.
In the end.... it was an intermittent fault with my broadband line. It had a grounding issue caused by water getting into the wires at the point they entered my house. Engineer came out, replaced wires, been sorting like a dream for 4 days now.
Nothing to see here. Move on. Insert Homer Fading Into Bush gif.
plemans
Nov 20, 2021Guru - Experienced User
Glad to hear you got it sorted out!