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Orbi RBR50 Slow Wired WAN after 2.2.1.210 Upgrade
My system updated automattically this week from 2.1.4.16 to 2.2.1.210. I have ATT Fiber and would normally get 800/800 before the upgrade. After the upgrade my up/down is 30/300ish. I connected my...
The Pace modem in DMZ Plus mode ended up being the issue. I posted a response twice indicating this but for some reason it never actually posted.
Yes, if you configured AP mode on the Orbi, then disable DMZ on the modem. DMZ is only for when you want to use the Orbi in router and and to help with having a double NAT condition since your modem has a built in router as well.
elguezio wrote:
Thanks FURRYe38. I believe that I manually upgraded the firmware through the update firmware settings.
My modem / gateway was configured to use DMZ with the Orbi in router mode. The Orbi would give out IP addresses and receive a public one from the router. This worked fine for nearly a year before this slowdown issue. Per your suggestion, I switched the Orbi to AP mode and, sure enough, the speed went back up to 100mbps. Thanks for the suggestion!
However, I now am worried I'm in an unsafe, in-between state. Now that I'm using AP mode, the Orbi and all devices on the network are getting IP addresses from the gateway instead of the Orbi. Should I go and disable DMZ mode on the gateway and re-enable all of the security features that were disabled on the gateway? Are there other downsides to this configuration?
Thanks!
Anyone else have anything to add. Like the previous poster, my Orbi worked great for a year. My family was in town for thanksgiving and everyone was complaing on of slow speed on my ATT Gigabit line and Orbi AC3000 system. Come to find out I too see the 50mbps cap on download now. Upload is capping out around 250-300mbps. Of course when I run speed tests directly from my ATT modem I get 800-900 mbps up and down so this is definitely something the Orbi is doing. I refuse to change my whole network setup as a work around. I am in DMZ mode on my ATT modem/router and my Orbi is setup as the "brain" of my home network. There has to be a fix for this that doesn't require me to rework everything. Please help!
I agree. This is a poor work around for an issue that Netgear needs to fix. I've already have started experiencing issues since switching to AP mode.
I've tweeted this issue to Netgear along with a link to this thread: https://twitter.com/NETGEAR
I recommend everyone else do the same. With all of the competition between Google WiFi and the holiday buying season in full swing, hopefully we'll be able to get their attention so they can fix this.
If it helps anyone I tried several configurations this evening with absolutely no change in download speed through the Orbi Mesh RBK/RBR50 system on firmware 2.2.1.210. I tried enabling/disabling all of the following in various combinations:
Manually reinstalled latest firmware on router and satellite.
Enabled 20/40 MHz Coexistence
Enable WMM (Wifi multimedia) settings on both the 2.4 and 5 Ghz bands
Enable Daisy-Chain Topology
Enable Implicit Beamforming
Enable MU-MIMO
Enable Fast Roaming
Disabled Traffic Meter
Disabled Circle Parental controls and basic parental controls
As a last ditch effort and against every fiber in my being, I did a factory reset of both Router and Satellite and set everything back up again. I am still seeing a max download of 54mbps and upload is all over the place from 100mbps up to about 250 mbps. This is the same whether I am hardwired over ethernet or wifi for my phones/ipads/laptops.
Netgear needs to address this ASAP! If not, I would like them to refund 90% of my current internet bill starting as of the release date of this firmware, It is ridiculous that I am paying for Gigabit and due to their shoddy QA work on their forced update to my firmware I am getting less then 10% of my available speed (and thats being generous and saying average case is 500mbps download). Please let me know where to submit my reimbursement requests. Your other option would be to give me a full refund for this Orbi system since you broke it so I can go invest in Velop or Google Wifi.