Slow Orbi Wi-Fi w/M1 MacBook Pro

Hi EastcoasterWestcoaster,

There are a variety of possible causes for Wi-Fi speed discrepancy. Review these and check each element:

1) Router configuration: The support page Recommended settings for Wi-Fi routers and access points outlines the recommended settings for your Wi-Fi router to ensure compatibility with Apple products. If you are not familiar with these settings, contact your router manufacturer for assistance in checking or making adjustments to those.

2) Interference: Just as wireless interference can impact a Bluetooth connection as described in If the sound from your wireless headphones cuts out or is distorted there are factors that could be affecting your home Wi-Fi including channel congestion or competing frequencies. One way to check for this is to disable other wireless devices and test your connection in various areas around your home.

3) Software: If you observe this issue across multiple networks, it could be a setting or application on your Mac impacting the speeds. VPNs, security softwares and others are commonly responsible. Test the connection in safe mode per Use safe mode on your Mac to see if you achieve the expected speeds to begin ruling out possible causes.

Regards.

I learned the hard way ... keep a standby router and modem set up and ready.

I've not experience that particular problem, but I have experienced other problems that were simply counter intuitive.

The latest, my wife's iPad kept disconnecting from the router. That's one of eleven devices and all the others did not. No matter what I did it kept disconnecting. And I did all the things you did.

I finally replace the router with the previously setup standby router and the problem vanished. That was three moths ago and the iPad has been flawless ever since. Coincidence? No idea. But the problem disappeared and that's all that matters.