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device not connecting to closest satellite
It looks like many have a similar problem. I have an RBR50 along with 2 satellites. My router is on my main floor with 1 satellite upstairs and 1 satellite in the basement. In my master bedroom, I...
Faced the same issue and then I realized two things
1. My satellite firmware was not updated to the latest one
2. The back haul link status as coming as poor.
Version upgrade did not solve my issue but resolving the backhaul status by repositioning the satellite did the trick.
Hope it helps
1. My satellite firmware was not updated to the latest one
2. The back haul link status as coming as poor.
Version upgrade did not solve my issue but resolving the backhaul status by repositioning the satellite did the trick.
Hope it helps
- It’d be nice if the Orbi router would block client connections when power cycling until it detected all satellites reporting online so then clients could better detect a closer AP. This might not be ideal but could help this situation with clients not connecting to the closest AP.
Interesting that their dropdown when writing a post doesn't have an option for the RBR850. But I agree with you 100%. There are times when I power cycle the units, brief power outage, etc. and when everything is back up and running, some satellites have no devices connected to them. How is that possible? My wish: devices connect based on 5GHz first - check router and satellites for that connection first and if there is one that has a sufficient signal, connect to it. If the signal for 5GHz isn't suficient, drop back to 2.4GHz, but connect to the one that has the strongest signal. When I look at my devices and determine what each one is connected to, for many of my devices, it makes no sense to me at all, where it's connecting. Yeah, I wish Netgear would fix this.
Ekcj wrote:
There are times when I power cycle the units, brief power outage, etc. and when everything is back up and running, some satellites have no devices connected to them. How is that possible?
Simple: The clients are able to establish a wireless session to the primary router, the signal isn't poor enough.
Ekcj wrote:
My wish: devices connect based on 5GHz first - check router and satellites for that connection first and if there is one that has a sufficient signal, connect to it. If the signal for 5GHz isn't suficient, drop back to 2.4GHz, but connect to the one that has the strongest signal.
Well, this is not how wireless clients are working. We configure them to connect to a certain SSID, the first at that moment best radio will be connected. Decent WiFi clients re-evaluate the situation (alternate BSSIDs - these can be the same or a different band and/or device), modern WiFI clients will also evaluate the RRM radio resource management information providing a list of BSSIDs for the same SSID and re-associate to what the client does find suits better.
The AP could under certain conditions reject the connection on a certain device or radio. This can again cause unexpected issues especially on "dumb" WiFi clients (like certain IoT).
