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I need help Please!!!! Mesh issues
Hi Everyone, I need your help! So I have a long rectangular property and I have a front house then a garage then a backhouse at the end of the property. Total about 13,300 sq ft. I bought a rbk53 sys...
This last update said it got corrected where the satellites would show the wrong connected orbi. Its been a big mess
The update I mentioned is in this thread: https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/OrbiOS-2-1-1/td-p/1476960
But, if it your WiFi is working on 2.1.1.16, then you don't need to update, unless you really need to see an accurate device list.
Are you getting through to the Internet on the third satellite? What sort of speed are you getting?
Hi,
btw thanks for responding. Yes there is internet but super slow. My internet speeds are set at 300 mbps but from that satalite I get about 40-70 mbps then it will drop the connection. It seems as if it is connected to the router and not the nearest satalite.
Well, 40-70 Mbps is much faster than I would expect you to get with your configuration. If you didn't have the dropped connections, you would be good. To help eliminate the drops, all I can suggest is to try to place things so the second satellite has clear line of sight to the router and to the third satellite. With that kind of distance, you are not likely to get a 5 GHz backhaul, so you will not get full speed.
Do you know whether your weatherproof enclosure is attenuating your WiFi signals?
You might need to return Orbi and go with a solution that's designed for your situation. If you want to link buildings like you are doing you should run Ethernet or use wireless point-to-point links, which have directional antennas on each side.
- I came home from work I decided to give this update a shot. Well I updated all my satellites and Router to see if that firmware would do the trick. First it showed my last satellite connected to the garage satellite (amazing right) then all of a sudden couple minutes later goes back to skipping the satellite by the garage and connects to the router further away. (Smh) Honestly this is so upsetting. Idno what to do im honestly thinking of switching to linksys which I don’t want to. I’ve read online they say Linksys does not have a specific router and satellite they just pick up on the closest unit. I wish I can manually select which satellite to connect to whatever satellite or router I want. Total distance from the front of the house all the way to the back house including the garage is roughly about 300 feet