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CEL
Aspirant
Oct 15, 2020

RBR50 and Satellite Speed Issues

So incredibly frustrated at this point having spent 2 days now trying to diagnose a problem with my Orbi System.   Facts: - Entire house is cabled with Cat5e.  All runs tested and capable of 1GB...
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Mstrbig
Master
Oct 15, 2020
CEL wrote:

Facts:

- Entire house is cabled with Cat5e.  All runs tested and capable of 1GB

- TP-Link GB switch in place with latest firmware.   Cable tests successfully to GB

- Tested modem in place.  Consistently achieving about 234 MBS down and 10 MBS up using Ookla

- Orbi sytem (1 base plus 1 satellite) in place and fully updated on firmware.  Did full reset and reconfig 24 hours ago

- All computers and devices on latest software and firmware.   Drivers up-to-date and configured correctly.

- Satellite is connected to base Orbi via ethernet cable

 

Observed:

 - Wifi bandwidth from base unit to all ios devices is about 234 MBS down

 - Wifi bandwith from satellite to all ios devices is about 95 MBS down

 - Computer desktops (2) from base unit via ethernet is about 95 mbs

What model satellite do you have?

Maybe you are experiencing WIFI channel interference. I had the same problem in reverse. the satellites were giving me 500Mbps and my router was giving me 240Mbps. I had the router right behind the TV, next to the switch, modem and other WIFI devices. The roter was getting interference. So I moved it.

Regarding Computer desktops (2) from base unit via ethernet is about 95 mbs, are the NICs gigabit or 100Mbps? Is the patch cable cat5 or cat5e?