I have my orbi set as AP. The router is connected after a firewall with double port LAN, ex-WAN.
If I connect the LAN cable to the WAN port of the Orbi than the RING turn off the solid magenta since it sense the internet connection, but I did iperf test and this have HALF of the throughput (500mbs instead of 1G (950circa). I assume this port is set to HALF DUPLEX.
If I connect the LAN cable to any of the standard swith port on the back of the router everything works and the speed goes up to normal (940Mbps with Iperf) but the light is solid magenta. There is no sense of sensing the internet connection in AP mode via the WAN port of RBR or at least should be possible like in other product to set this port as part of the bridge with the other ports. Does anybody if there a setitng in the setup that I'm missing or a way to make that SOLID magenta turn off (all the satellite are blue and my internet is working everywhere)?
If this is the standard behavior I think NG should fix it.
Router INSIDE Ports + DMZ device -->> WAN Port OPN <<--[[OPNSENSE Firewall]] -->> LAN Port OPN <<--WAN Port ORBI -- Other LAN Port Orbi ->>> Computer
with this diagram the magenta light off but the Iperf3 measure a max of 550 Mbits to traverse the firewall from the computer to the DMZ
while with this diagram
RouterINSIDE Port + DMZ device -->> WAN Port <<--[OPNSENSE] -->> LAN Port Firewall <<-- Other LAN Port Orbi ->>> Computer
with the magenta light on but Iperf3 measure the total throughput of 1Gb Mbits to traverse the firewall from the computer to the DMZ
Nothing is connected in this diagram to the WAN port of the Orbi, but Internet is active, the app confirm Internet online, and speed test work as expected.
The Orbi have also other 2 satellite connected via 5G backhoul and they works well in both the config but the second have little higher throughput.
As mentioned above the Firewall is a Protecli FW6C (64gb Ram) with OPNSense latest.
Firmware version is V2.5.1.16 for RBR and RBSs.
Factory Reset was never done since I have all my config done and working.
Maybe the WAN port have a different behavior in sensing the duplex or MTU, becouse as said above the highest troughout is achieved if the connection is via any od the bridge ports of the ORBI and NOT via the WAN port.
I would try a factory reset on the RBR, do the manual setup and skip the wizard. Go in and configure a static IP address thats outside of the default DHCP servers IP address pool. I like to use 192.168.#.50. Set subnet mask, gateway and DNS. Apply and save the setting. Connect the WAN port of the RBR to the host router and wire connect a PC to the back on RBR with one of the LAN ports.
I just had my RBR50 onine v16 on a 1Gb ISP service last week so I know it can seen near 900Mpbs with my CAX80 cable modem in modem mode only.
Reset may be an option for basic user and in my opinion should be removed from any support approach. Manual config work if you not have a long list of configured device and all the option set.
The reality is pretty clear here (there are other post in this community mentioning same througput issue).
this is not a test of Internet speedtest performance, but issue with the wan port (in AP mode). Clearly this will potentially affect speed to anybody connected on the ETHERNET PORTS of the Orbi. Is clearly not at issue for the Wifi since will NEVER (at least this model) support 1gb over wifi.
Reset has always been and is a fundemental support and troubleshooting step. Has worked for many troubleshooting problems. User should also have a backup configuration file as well so if a reset is needed, then one can apply the backup from file and be back up and running quickly.
I suggest trying the reset and see. If you feel it's not working still, then I would contact NG support and let them know about this.
I and others are not seeing this problem and have tested WAN to LAN speeds on my 1Gb service many times.
