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Orbi WiFi speed slow
Please help... I have the orbi rbk50 set up and was fine. However recently I have noticed the speed is slow. When I test in the orbi app it thinks it is 50mb but when I test on mobile I am getting abo...
WMM should be enabled most of the time.
cahiatt wrote:
I had a similar issue today playing with settings. I'm on a gig connection and could get no better than about 21meg or up on any wireless device. While toying with wifi power, channels and other settings I had turned OFF the WMM (wi-fi multimedia settings) under Advanced, Wireless Settings for both 2.4 and 5ghz channels. Not sure why but once I turned this off my wi-fi bandwidth just wouldn't go past about 20meg. Turned WMM back on and am getting about 400 meg on my cell phone now.
Check you WMM status also and switch it to see if it changes anything.
And just discovered why. On the surface you would think WMM is just a QOS thing for voice and video. Not a lot of warnings about disabling it pretty much also kills AC and N protocols making your WiFi basically as slow as generic 2.4g. This is probably one feature that could use a better description or even a name change in the menu.
https://kb.netgear.com/221/WMM-WiFi-Multimedia
cahiatt wrote:
And just discovered why. On the surface you would think WMM is just a QOS thing for voice and video. Not a lot of warnings about disabling it pretty much also kills AC and N protocols making your WiFi basically as slow as generic 2.4g. This is probably one feature that could use a better description or even a name change in the menu.