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RBR40 wired to quantum FiOS only getting half speed download
I recently setup a new orbi RBR40 router and two rbs20 satellites. I have the orbi router wired to my FiOS quantum gateway. The FiOS wireless radios are disabled and I have set the orbi to AP mode. Th...
I had reported a gist of this before, on another thread, but here it is again, with way more structured detail. I really do believe this is a bug with the internal Speedtest. Here is why.
Setup I created this morning: Directly connected my PC to Orbi Router RBR50v2's LAN port. There isn't much of a network activity going on in my house, nor in the small neighborhood I live in, that might overload either the router on my network or the Comcast capacity coming into the neighborhood (since cable internet is basically shared by your neighbors, unlike phone-based internet that is a direct dedicated line between you and the phone company).
- My service I am paying for: Comcast 1000/40
- Running internal SpeedTest app on Orbi with latest firmware: 516/42
- Running latest SpeedTest Win10 app on the latest Win10 PC against COMCAST.COM server: 511/54
- Running latest SpeedTest Win10 app on the latest Win10 PC against SPEEDTEST.NET server: 930/43
- Running in the latest Chrome Browser on the latest Win10 PC the Netflix-powered FAST.COM: 1.1/39
So, my PC is certainly able to see WIRED 1000/40 speeds when it is connected to the right internet servers. However, testing against certain servers straight from my PC is sub-1000, and the internal SpeedTest app on the Orbi is definitely stuck at reporting ~500 which is:
- either because it has a bug in testing (so, it detects half the speed) or
- because it has a bug in reporting (so, it reports half of what it found) or
- because it is picking a slow server to run against (so, the test server it uses is limited to 500).
I am attaching screenshots of my tests so that there is no confusion.
Tuna
If the speed tests suggested above don't show higher speeds then I'll give the factory reset a try. I don't remember having the option to enable qos, traffic meter, or access control during my initial setup. The only thing I changed on the orbi router was the ssid/pw and turning on AP mode. I'd guess those options you mentioned are not accessible in AP mode.
Yes those options are disabled by default after a factory reset. Enabling them will change the speed for 1Gb ISP services. So thats why I mention a reset and don't touch them after setting up the RBR.
Yes, these features are not enabled when in AP mode, however the QoS speedtest app is.
In AP mode you should see 900Mbps...
Derek1118 wrote:
If the speed tests suggested above don't show higher speeds then I'll give the factory reset a try. I don't remember having the option to enable qos, traffic meter, or access control during my initial setup. The only thing I changed on the orbi router was the ssid/pw and turning on AP mode. I'd guess those options you mentioned are not accessible in AP mode.