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bjornand1
Jun 17, 2020Aspirant
Despite trying all advice from various threads, my Orbi 50 system wifi speed is very low
Hi, I have been very pleased with my Orbi system for a long time, but recently I have discovered that my WiFi speed has dropped dramatically - even standing right next to the Orbi base station, the d...
bjornand1
Jul 09, 2020Aspirant
Hi, FURRYe38, with summer vacation going on, I have not had much time to look at this lately. I am also hesitant to reset the system, as I have so many smart home devices with reserved DHCP addresses, which I fear will create problems in a reset.
One additional question; I have the option to easily connect one of the satelites (which covers the most important area of the house) through ethernet (the other two satelites are out of reach for this). Is it possible to have such a mixed setiup, with one satelite over ethernet and the other two wirelessly, and can it alleviate my low speed problem?
FURRYe38
Jul 10, 2020Guru - Experienced User
A reset is ok. Your devices will reconnect once you setup the same SSID name and PWs.
Yes.