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HOW DO I KNOW IF I NEED ANOTHER ORBI EXTENDER?
I have a fairly new Orbi RbR50 + Satelite in a duplex apt with the satelite upstairs. When upstairs, the wifi signals on my devices seem strong based on the devices indicator, but performance ...
Thanks!
I was able to turn the Arris into bridge mode. Wasn't that hard. I just had to temporarily turn on and connect to it's wifi and then login. So I did that and turned on Router mode on the Orbi.
Used wirelessNetView to see that the channel I'm using is pretty clear.
We'll see if things are better, but so far I can really only go by observation. Are there any utils I can run on a pc, mac, or phone to get a metric about performance and signal strength?
wolfereeno wrote:Are there any utils I can run on a pc, mac, or phone to get a metric about performance and signal strength?
I like WifiInfoView for Windows. Gives a lot of information about every access point it finds, including the "Country Code" if the AP is broadcasting one. For Android, I like WiFi Analyzer.