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Help needed with Orbi RBK50!
Hello everyone. I have a three bedroom apartment that is approx. 1,500 square feet. The only [active] coaxial hookup is in one corner of the apartment. It's not an ideal spot, but it's what I have to...
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I was wrong about where the router has to go. I got the RBK50 and installed the router in the living room where the only live coaxial hookup is (S1 in the attached diagram). I set up the satellite on the other side of the property in the master bedroom (S2 in the attached diagram). The Arlo Baby monitor in the baby's room (bottom right room) is connecting to S1, but only at 2/3 bars. The performance on the baby monitor is quite bad.
Two questions:
1. Based on the fact that it's not connecting at 3/3 bars, would an add-on Orbi wall plug (RBW30) in the baby's room make sense?
2. The Arlo Baby monitor's manual says to connect it to the 2.4 GHz signal. However, it is connecting to the 5 GHz signal. Is there a way for me to "force" this device, and this device only, to connect to the 2.4 GHz signal?
What is the distance between the babys room and the main router? The camera looks like the distance is well with in range.
You can lower the power output of the main router on the 5Ghz radio from 100% to 25% save settings then try a reboot on the camera to see if it connects to the 2.4ghz radio.
Possible that your camera could be not working well?
What are your Download/Upload speeds for your Internet connection? I would start looking at the Arlo Baby Monitor. With your system set up as descibed go into the baby's room with a phone, laptop etc and measure the speed you get in a similar position to the Baby monitor using something like Speedtest.net.
I tested the speeds all over the property and they are pretty much the same. I guess the issue has to be the camera.
Great suggestion. I tried it but the Arlo Baby still connected to the 5 GHz band.
