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Bandwidth/Picture Resolution fade in and out
Not sure of the model...router is RBR40...triband. No questions seem to be quite like my issue. The Orbi Mesh is awesome but still has a issue I would like to understand. When watching TV, period...
Ask the ISP about disabling the wifi radios on the ISP modem. Most most have this ability to disable there radios.
Sounds like you have WAY too much wifi signals running about and is causing problems.
Seems like something with these firesticks maybe causing problems. Orbi would not be causing video display issues. If anything the stick may just disconnect from wifi is something was not working right.
Does this happpen with just one firestick online and all other wifi devices turned off?
Test with the RBS turned off as well.
Contact Amazon and ask them if they have any known infornation about this fade in and out when using there sticks...
Is the RBR using 40Mhz only channel width? Under Advanced Tab/Advanced Settings/Wireless Settings
FURRYe38 wrote:Seems like something with these firesticks maybe causing problems. Orbi would not be causing video display issues. If anything the stick may just disconnect from wifi is something was not working right. Yes, there are issues, especially with ads and commercials. The Firesticks "hang" and often have to be rebooted, which is why I moved to the internal wifi in the smart TV. Worked very well except for the annoying fading issues.
Does this happpen with just one firestick online and all other wifi devices turned off? All others are off-line.
Test with the RBS turned off as well. If the RBS is turned off I have no internet.
Contact Amazon and ask them if they have any known infornation about this fade in and out when using there sticks...Will do so.
Is the RBR using 40Mhz only channel width? Under Advanced Tab/Advanced Settings/Wireless Settings The only checkbox is for the 20/40 Mhz widths to coexist. There is no check for just setting up the 40Mhz setting...unless that is the default if the box is not checked.
The permutations of using and not using the firestick is not being enabled, since the smart TV does not connect to the Mesh network since I removed the 2.4 and 5.0 GHz networks from the wireless router from the ISP. Not sure what is going on since I have not found any discussions of the TV not connecting to a network it detects, even when it did so before. Something else has inadvertently changed.
Any other suggestions would be welcome.
OldGuy
Yes, removing the check mark then apply the change sets 40Mhz only...
Thanks for the suggestions. I have made most of the mods to my setup and have let the Orbi system operate for a couple of days. The system now seems to be stable...but I am still back to the Firesticks. Have not solved the issue of the Smart TV no longer connecting to the mesh network as it had before. The backhaul bandwidth change to 40Mhz and eliminating the two competing modem wireless networks seems to have resolved the conflicts that were impacting the Orbi mesh network.
Thanks everyone for your suggestions.
OldGuy