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Signal degradation from Orbi to Wifi
Hello,
I am losing at least 50% of the speed from Orbi to Wifi. I tested this using an ethernet cable connected to a laptop.
My current setup is as follows:
Nighthawk router (had already purch...
Remember that if you have daisy chain on the topology looks like this
ROUTER --------------------- SAT #1 ------------------------ SAT #2
If you have this setup, the BEST performance you will ever get at Sat #2 is 1/2 what you would get at sat 1
That is because sat #1 has to receive and rebroadcast data to sat 2 as well as receive and broadcast to router.
More hops = more latencies.
Remember that if you have daisy chain on the topology looks like this
ROUTER --------------------- SAT #1 ------------------------ SAT #2
If you have this setup, the BEST performance you will ever get at Sat #2 is 1/2 what you would get at sat 1
That is because sat #1 has to receive and rebroadcast data to sat 2 as well as receive and broadcast to router.
More hops = more latencies.
Yes, of course! Did not realize that, makes total sense.
In reference to Sat # 1 to Wifi right next to it, I also see a 50% degradation. I see the daisy chain cost, but if I have a laptop and speedtest it right next to orbi satellite, I also lose 50% on speedtest. Is that common?
Many thanks!
Some of those speed tests I wouldnt put a lot of stock in because you dont know the other overhead going on.... or are inaccurate.
The best ones are by Okala from the windows store that runs as an app on windows 10... is that what you are using?
Using macs, I used the Ookla. I just tested a farther location for Wifi and got 100. So got 100 mbs farther away, and 50 next to router (using different equipment, laptop vs. ipad, etc.) So yes, makes no sense! It is working fine now.
Thank you so much for your help!