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jojo2go
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Jan 13, 2017
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Half gray bars between satellite and router - how to fix this?

I noticed when my device is on the 5 Ghz band connected to the satellite, I can sometimes connect at my max speed.  Other times(for no reason), I am about half my speed.  Today I logged into the sate...
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    Jan 14, 2017

    I exchanged my Orbi 3-pack at Costco and the new hardware solved this problem. I am now running normally and no longer see the half gray bars between the router and satellite (as in the picture above). I am getting full, stable speed at the satellite. Thanks swrtwdrv for the suggestion. It was a hardware problem after all!