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st8king
Jun 25, 2018Aspirant
help phones not able to stay connected
I have been trying everything I can think of but I cannot get either of our household phones to get a reliable connection to our orbi wifi. All other clients in the house have 0 issues. We have Sam...
FURRYe38
Jun 25, 2018Guru - Experienced User
Any other wifi neighbors near by? If so, howe many?
What channels are you currently using?
Try 1, 6 or 11 on 2.4Ghz if there isn't anyone else using them.
Set WPA2 and AES only on the router.
Disable Beamforming, MIMO, Daisy Chain and Fast Roaming then test after a full reboot of the router and phone.
Then re-enable MIMO only and test...
Is the phone the only device to experience this problem?
- st8kingJun 25, 2018Aspirant
I have one neighbor but he's far away and the wifi signal is very weak from them.
I have tried what you recommended and sadly still behaving poorly.
My phone and my wife's phone are literally the only clients with any issue.