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IP cameras connection to Orbi unstable, slow, frequently disconnects
I have six IP cameras that I can connect wirelessly to my Orbi system (reserved IP addresses). However, accessing any or all of the cameras is painfully slow and frequently one or more of the cameras...
Happy to report that adding a second satellite appears to have completely solved the problem. All six cameras now working as crisply as ever. Thanks to everyone for contributing to the solution.
I would disable the following and test with the cameras. Maybe just a couple of cameras at first then add one by one:
Set manual channel 1, 6 or 11 on 2.4Ghz. Any unused channel on 5Ghz.
WPA2 and AES only.
Disable Beamforming, MIMO, Daisy Chain and Fast Roaming. Save settings and reboot both Orbi and Satellite.
make sure upnp is enabled, statically assign each camera an ip address and add a port forwarding rule for each camera ip address. just a simple ftp with a complete port range of the cameras. ie 80-8000. this step was not needed before i started using netgear routers but for some reason it does now.
My problem isn't that I can't connect the cameras to the Orbi's wifi - I can. I don't have a problem with IP addressing the cameras. The problem is that the video is very sluggish, jerky and cameras frequently lose their connection.
I've tried these suggestions but the problems continue (thanks for suggesting these):
Set manual channel 1, 6 or 11 on 2.4Ghz. Any unused channel on 5Ghz.
WPA2 and AES only.
Disable Beamforming, MIMO, Daisy Chain and Fast Roaming. Save settings and reboot both Orbi and Satellite.
Progress report:
I disconnected all six IP cameras and then reintroduced two of them. So far the two connected are working normally. Seems that six were choking the system somehow but I would like to be able to redeploy them. Thanks for all the suggestions and if there are any more please post them.
Not sure if an additional satellite (I have one at present) would make any difference to the system's capacity?