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florini's avatar
florini
Aspirant
Jan 13, 2018

Bad connection near satellite

Hi,

 

I bought my devices about a year ago. I have  the RBS50  satellite installed 2  plaster walls away from the RBR50 router, about 10 meters. Everything went fine until a couple of months ago. Devices near the satellite  started having very poor bandwidth or no connection altogether.

 

I made tests with speedtest.net. Near the router (office) I was getting 400 Mbps, near the satelite (bedroom 1) 25 Mbps or failed connection.

 

I turned on my modem's Wifi (so, no Orbi) and did the tests again.  In the office I was getting 400 Mbps, in the bedroom I was getting 300 Mbps!

 

Sometimes (rarely) the satellite works just fine. The lights indicate good connection.

 

What should I do?

 

Thanks,

 

Florin

Troubleshooting

3 Replies

  • DarrenM's avatar
    DarrenM
    Sr. NETGEAR Moderator
    Jan 16, 2018

    What firmware version are you on? do you have beamforming and mumimo enabled? have you tried to adjust the wireless channels on your router?

     

    DarrenM

    • florini's avatar
      florini
      Aspirant
      Jan 17, 2018

      Hi!,thanks for the reply! 

       

      I am on  V2.1.1.16.

      I have MU-MIMO and BEAMFORMING enabled.

      I did not experiment with the channels, I can try that.

       

      Florin

      • florini's avatar
        florini
        Aspirant
        Jan 21, 2018

        ... on the other hand, is there a way to diagnose what exactly is wrong with the connection?

         

        Is there a great way to extend the range of my WiFi, using other types of devices?