Hello! My iPhone SE and iPad 2 seem to have trouble staying connected to one of my Orbi satellites. I can be sitting two feet away from the satellite and will drop a bar, and sometimes disconnect entirely for several seconds. I have two satellites, and this is the only one that behaves like this. I did a factory reset a couple of months ago, and the problem persists. Any advice? Thanks in advance!

I have been struggling with my iOS devices showing full strength wifi, but no connection for some time now in a room that is equal distances from the router and satellite. I had already disabled: - Beamforming, - MIMO-MU, - Daisy Chain, - Fast Roaming And went in and changed the following settings: - Set 20/40Mhz Coexistence to 40Mhz only. - Changed CTS/RTS Threshold to 2307 for both 2.4GHz and 5GHz The problem is gone. I am going to see if it is the combo of the two or just one, but very happy this is solved.

What FW version is the system using? Try disabling the following and see:Beamforming, MIMO, Daisy Chain, Fast Roaming, IPv6 and Set 20/40Mhz Coexistence to 40Mhz only. Save settings and reboot the router. Try this: Advanced Wireless Settings both 2.4GHz and 5GHz changed CTS/RTS Threshold to 2307.https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Orbi-RBR40-RBS40-V2-1-4-16-mesh-network-drops-connection-to/m-p/1601598/highlight/true#M35230

Thanks...I'll try those suggestions!

Well, this issue is rearing its ugly head again. Tried the suggestions mentioned earlier on this thread. I admit I only seriously monitored for about a week, but things worked perfectly. Then, last night, losing bars and dropped connection entirely again. Any more advice? I'm ready to throw this thing out the window. Again, it's only the one satellite that has this problem, the other one works fine. Thanks in advance.

Apple devices disconnect from satellite

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FURRYe38
Guru
Jul 13, 2018
What FW version is the system using?

Try disabling the following and see:
Beamforming, MIMO, Daisy Chain, Fast Roaming, IPv6 and Set 20/40Mhz Coexistence to 40Mhz only. Save settings and reboot the router.

Try this:

Advanced Wireless Settings both 2.4GHz and 5GHz changed CTS/RTS Threshold to 2307.
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Orbi-RBR40-RBS40-V2-1-4-16-mesh-network-drops-connection-to/m-p/1601598/highlight/true#M35230
- Deckard22
  Aspirant
  Jul 13, 2018
  Thanks...I'll try those suggestions!
  - FURRYe38
    Guru
    Jul 13, 2018
    Let us know...
- thebbandj
  Initiate
  Aug 15, 2018
  I have been struggling with my iOS devices showing full strength wifi, but no connection for some time now in a room that is equal distances from the router and satellite.
  
  I had already disabled:
  
  - Beamforming,
  
  - MIMO-MU,
  
  - Daisy Chain,
  
  - Fast Roaming
  
  And went in and changed the following settings:
  
  - Set 20/40Mhz Coexistence to 40Mhz only.
  
  - Changed CTS/RTS Threshold to 2307 for both 2.4GHz and 5GHz
  
  The problem is gone. I am going to see if it is the combo of the two or just one, but very happy this is solved.
  - FURRYe38
    Guru
    Aug 15, 2018
    Now what happens if you re-enable Beamforming only with those other settings?
    
    thebbandj wrote:
    
    I have been struggling with my iOS devices showing full strength wifi, but no connection for some time now in a room that is equal distances from the router and satellite.
    
    I had already disabled:
    
    - Beamforming,
    
    - MIMO-MU,
    
    - Daisy Chain,
    
    - Fast Roaming
    
    And went in and changed the following settings:
    
    - Set 20/40Mhz Coexistence to 40Mhz only.
    
    - Changed CTS/RTS Threshold to 2307 for both 2.4GHz and 5GHz
    
    The problem is gone. I am going to see if it is the combo of the two or just one, but very happy this is solved.
FURRYe38
Guru
Aug 16, 2018
Let us know...

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