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Forcing devices to always connect to a specific satellite / router
Hello all, I can’t seem to find a definitive answer to this but I have two wireless devices that I want to always connect to the RBR50 router and one wireless device I want to always connect to one...
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I have a RBK53 and i bought another additional Satelitte.
1 Router
3 Satelittes
QUESTION
1. Any way to Force link Certain Satelittes to link to another. My Problem. Say my satelittes are based on distance.
Router - 1 - 2 - 3 (1 - closest, 3 furthest from router. I want satelitte(3) to link to satelitte(2) but instead it links to (1) or router making my signal poor. anyway to fix this?
2. Any way to force a device to lock on or connect to a specific satelitte or the closest one with strongest signal. Although i have a satelitte just few feet from me. its connected to one that is 20feet away.
Thanks. Appreciate any help that i can get.
I have a RBK53 and i bought another additional Satelitte.
1 Router
3 Satelittes
QUESTION
1. Any way to Force link Certain Satelittes to link to another. My Problem. Say my satelittes are based on distance.
Router - 1 - 2 - 3 (1 - closest, 3 furthest from router. I want satelitte(3) to link to satelitte(2) but instead it links to (1) or router making my signal poor. anyway to fix this?
2. Any way to force a device to lock on or connect to a specific satelitte or the closest one with strongest signal. Although i have a satelitte just few feet from me. its connected to one that is 20feet away.
Thanks. Appreciate any help that i can get.
You cannot force devices to lock to a specific access point. The client devices roam based on the signals they see available. Client devices won't roam to another access point, if the signals is strong enough from the current access point, nor should they need to roam.
If your Orbi units are so close together that the signals overlap too much, then reducing transmit power, especially on the 2.4 GHz band, should help with roaming.