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How to tell signal strength between router and satellite? (other than lights)
Hi, besides looking at the color of the light on the top of the Orbi, is there something in the web admin app which will show me how strong the signal is between the router and the satellite? I am g...
You can get a sense of it with an Android phone and the WiFi Analyzer app. This will show the signal strength from each Orbi device at the phone. I don't know how accurate it will be, but you should get a sense of better/worse for different locations.
The back channel must be established for the phone to get the signal. The phone may (?) interact with the Orbis to prevent signals from getting too strong (shouldn't be an issue if you are doing this because of weak signals). The first and last bytes of the Orbis' MAC addresses are altered, but the middle 4 bytes are true. I have not found an iPhone app with similar capabilities -- it may be an iOS constraint.
Used with RBR50 and RBS50. AP mode, FW up to 2.0.0.74.