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Tbreneau
Aspirant
Jul 07, 2019

Orbi RBR-50 internal speed check with modem half the ISP speed

I have a 1Gig service from Xfinity and at their modem I verified speed of 999, however when checking speed of same connection between my Orbi Router and the Xfinity modem via o Netgear internal Orbi R...
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FURRYe38
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Jul 17, 2019
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Go with ISP first, then speedtest.net. Also remove the switch and direct connect to the RBR with a PC, if possible. 

 

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Siege7817
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Jul 17, 2019
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I have the same issue with my RBR40 and have tried everything.  If I plug a laptop directly into the ports on my Orbi router and test it I get full speed, I think the speedtest app built in to the Orbi is bugged.  My new RAX120 displays speeds correctly with the built in app so maybe they can put that version into the next firmware for the Orbi.