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mwhaley99
Aspirant
Jul 11, 2018

Battery drain on my iOS devices

I noticed that my iOS iPhone's/iPad's battery drains MUCH faster when I am at home on my home Orbi wifi network.   I thought it may have been an issue with my previous house (walls, interference ...
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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Aug 06, 2018

Is IPv6 enabled on the router by chance?

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    mwhaley99
    Aspirant
    Aug 06, 2018

    No it is not enabled. The Orbi is running as an access point connected to my isp's router (IPv6 is not enabled on it and the routers wifi is turned off)