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Orbi RBR50 and Slow WiFi Problems with iOS Devices
I’ve been experience a very strange problem with slow WiFi speeds on my iOS devices for a few months now and was wondering if anyone might be able to point me to something to try to fix it. It se...
Ok, that would be a cause. Let it run and then report back.
imranar wrote:
FURRYe38: Update after 72 hours: My laggy network is back and doing further probing by performing controlled speed tests most of my network devices indicate that it affects not only Apple or Android but even my Windows laptops!
A sudden realization came to me. I had added a few other multicast network devices to my home network to extend my HDMI signal from room to room. It suddenly hit me that the multicast traffic might be overwhelming the network and slowing everything down!
So I have promptly disconnected the multicast devices and performance went back to optimal for every other unicast device! I'm going to watch this for a few more days and report back.
*Slaps my brain*
After continuous normal operations for 4 days, I'm glad to report that my home network is performing optimally! As a recap to share with the forum:
Current Setup:
Fibre Broadband (Optical Network Terminal) 1Gbps -> EdgeRouter Lite (ER3) -> Orbi RBR50 (AP Mode) => Orbi RBS50 (Satellite Wireless Backhaul)
Speedtests Average
Wired = 950+Mbps
Wireless = 380+Mbps (5G)
Root Cause Analysis
Multicast traffic from media repeater devices was flooding the network creating too much noise for unicast traffic
Solution
Isolate multicast traffic to a separate network
Commentary
I would also recommend that for users running setups with double NATs; (i.e. Router -> Router) to attempt to either reconfigure in a single router configuration or create a DMZ on the first router.
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Thank you all for the valuable insight and discussion!