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Re: What speed should I expect when connected to the satellite

rampi
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What speed should I expect when connected to the satellite

My Setup:

RBR50, RBS50 and 2 x RBS20.

RBR50 is connected to a 8-port TP-Link Gigabit Ethernet Switch.

And the 3 satellites are connected to the switch with Cat 6E cable.

All running firmware V2.5.1.16.

 

I am noticing the following:

 

  1. On the ORBI router, when I do the speed test, I see download speeds of ~290Mbps.
  2. And when my iPhone is connected over 5G to the router, using fast.com, I see download speed of ~280 Mbps
  3. But when the phone is connected to a satellite (RBS50 or RBS20) over 5Ghz, I see the download speed ~90Mbps  (using fast.com).

 

While things are fine, I just wanted to know if that download speed expected when connected to the satellite which has a wired backhaul.

 

Cheers,
Rampi

Model: RBR50|Orbi AC3000 Tri-band WiFi Router
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plemans
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Re: What speed should I expect when connected to the satellite

Glad to hear it was a simple fix! 

If you mark it solved it can potentially help the next person as well as others aren't going through the thread trying to fix the problem again 🙂 

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rampi
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Re: What speed should I expect when connected to the satellite

Maybe it could be the cabling... will check over the weekend and update.

 

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plemans
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Re: What speed should I expect when connected to the satellite

check your switch too. Maybe its not negotiating a 1gig connection and is only connecting at 10/100mbps. 

What speed do you get directly off the satellites ethernet port? That takes the wireless out of the equation 

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rampi
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Re: What speed should I expect when connected to the satellite

Will check that. Thanks.

 

Wonder if there's a way on the Orbi either in the web interface or in the telnet to check what speed has been negotiated on the ethernet interface.

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plemans
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Re: What speed should I expect when connected to the satellite

log into the orbi and then go to advanced----->show statistics. 

i screen snipped mine and linked on here. 

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rampi
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Re: What speed should I expect when connected to the satellite

Indeed that was problem.

The cable connecting the Orbi router to the switch was a Cat 5 cable - it was in 100 Mbps.

I changed it to a Cat 5e and it is all fine now.

Initial test is looking good. Will check a bit more and update.

 

Thanks for the inputs.

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plemans
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Re: What speed should I expect when connected to the satellite

Glad to hear it was a simple fix! 

If you mark it solved it can potentially help the next person as well as others aren't going through the thread trying to fix the problem again 🙂 

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