In other words, it determines the rate of data transfer from the ISP server to the user’s PC, and then the upload data rate, which is the rate of data transfer from the user’s PC back to the ISP server. Every test the app conducts will measure the data rate for download direction. The service evaluates the data speed and latency, also known as connection delay of a user’s internet connection when compared to one of 8,000 geographically dispersed servers. It was made by Ookla in 2006, based in Seattle, Washington, USA.

If anybody has any suggestion, I'd be grateful to hear and its app version Speedtest by Ookla is a service that gives users a free analysis of various internet access performance metrics, like your connection data rate, latency, and download speed. I'm an IT Engineer by trade and this has flummoxed me. At a distance of around 6 feet away from the Hub5. The maximum I could achieve, using an iPhone 14 Pro Max and a Samsung S23 Ultra, was 750Mbps. Orbi appears to use Ookla Speedtest and these are the numbers I'd expect to see via LAN connection.Īlthough I'm certain the Orbi system can handle Gigabit WiFi speeds, I decided to power it down and put the Hub5 into router/WiFi mode and test the Speeds. The Orbi's inbuilt Speed test shows me 1148.48Mbps down and 51.87Mbs up. I was expecting a steady 950(ish)Mbps download speed. Speed tests are now erratic with anything from 300-780Mbps down, but a fairly consistent 49-51Mbps up. The upgrade provided a Hub5 which I duly set to modem mode and made no other changes to my Orbi setup. This gave me a constant and steady 640Mbps down and 41Mbps up when using Ookla Speed Test on all of my WiFi 6 capable devices. My setup consisted of a Hub3 in modem mode as I use a Netgear Orbi Mesh system (RBK853) for WiFi. I recently upgraded my package and subsequently upgraded from 600Mbps to 1Gbps broadband.

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