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Orbi with ATT Fiber download speeds cut in half
I just had ATT Fiber 1000 installed with a BGW210-700 Gateway from AT&T. I am running the Orbi as the Router behind it. I set up the Orbi as fixed allocation of 192.168.1.253 in the IP Allocation s...
Yes, I was putting the ATT Gateway into IP Passthrough mode (their version of Bridge Mode), and using the Orbi as my router, to avoid double NAT, like you said.
I tried resetting everything, and reverting the Orbi to Access Point Mode, and i'm seeing some increase. I was able to get the wired connection from my computer to the Orbi to hit 700-800 now. When using the laptop on Wifi, I'm getting about 300-350, and my iPhone 11 Pro on wifi is getting about 400-450. So a bit better than before. Still not where it should be, given I have a 1Gbps connection. Still definitely some undetermined degredation from somewhere.
I'm debating replacing the Orbi with two of these:
https://www.costco.com/.product.1248875.html
And using one as a Router, and the other in AP mode wired back to the first one - kind of make my own mesh network). In theory, should provide faster Wifi than the Orbi, and am curious to see if my degrdation issue goes away.
The other interesting thing is that now about 95% of my connected devices are connecting to the main Orbi router, and very few devices are connected to my two Orbi satellites. There's even a printer that sits on the other side of the satellite, that is connecting back to the Router, and ignoring the Satellite all together, which is strange. Going to let the whole network sit overnight, and see if things level out tomorrow.
Orbi and ATT modems have a long history of not working well with each other. Mostly this is a ATT/Pace modem issue.
Modem FW may have broke good speeds between the modem and Orbi in router mode:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/RBK50-Speed-Throttling-Wired-and-Wireless/td-p/1673291/jump-to/first-unread-message
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/How-I-fixed-our-intermittent-internet-connectivity-problems-with/td-p/1688722/jump-to/first-unread-message
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Orbi-RBR50-Slow-Wired-WAN-after-2-2-1-210-Upgrade/m-p/1676934/highlight/true#M47457
https://www.f0il.com/how-to-arris-bgw210-700-modem-router-with-netgear-xr500-router/
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/How-do-I-setup-bridge-mode-in-the-ARRIS-BGW210-700/m-p/1875994/highlight/true#M84982
You might try this if AP mode doesn't work well:
Orbi with other modems work and see near 900Mpbs on wired speed tests:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Orbi-RBR50-is-not-supporting-900Mb-on-the-WAN-to-LAN-test/m-p/1827295/highlight/true#M76372
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/New-RBR50-Satellite-setup-some-thoughts-and-questions/m-p/1695161/highlight/true#M50762
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Download-speed-cut-in-half-on-wired-connection/m-p/1695372/highlight/true#M50815
kmichalec wrote:Yes, I was putting the ATT Gateway into IP Passthrough mode (their version of Bridge Mode), and using the Orbi as my router, to avoid double NAT, like you said.
I tried resetting everything, and reverting the Orbi to Access Point Mode, and i'm seeing some increase. I was able to get the wired connection from my computer to the Orbi to hit 700-800 now. When using the laptop on Wifi, I'm getting about 300-350, and my iPhone 11 Pro on wifi is getting about 400-450. So a bit better than before. Still not where it should be, given I have a 1Gbps connection. Still definitely some undetermined degredation from somewhere.
I'm debating replacing the Orbi with two of these:
https://www.costco.com/.product.1248875.html
And using one as a Router, and the other in AP mode wired back to the first one - kind of make my own mesh network). In theory, should provide faster Wifi than the Orbi, and am curious to see if my degrdation issue goes away.
The other interesting thing is that now about 95% of my connected devices are connecting to the main Orbi router, and very few devices are connected to my two Orbi satellites. There's even a printer that sits on the other side of the satellite, that is connecting back to the Router, and ignoring the Satellite all together, which is strange. Going to let the whole network sit overnight, and see if things level out tomorrow.