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iPhone weak signal for wireless calling
My iPhone 7 plus wifi signal is low using my Orbi. My download speed is 10 Mbps. My ipads and ipad pros seem to have a strong signal and 29 Mbps. Phone call are garbled with using wifi calling. My...
Tried turning on / off settings you mentioned. No joy.
Modem is from ATT - PAC plc/2wire, model 5268. WIFI is off, so only using ORBI wifi. Access point mode.
House is 2400 sq ft. Base is downstairs, remote is upstairs. Both ORBIs near the center of the house. Standard wood frame house. Ethernet backhaul.
Tested with satellite ORBI off, phone connected to base - no single strength change.
2 or 3 neighbor wifi detected.
And I have an Airport Extreme in the house used as a switch that I have not disabled the wifi. Turned it off, no change.
Can try this:
Advanced Wireless Settings both 2.4GHz and 5GHz changed CTS/RTS Threshold to 2307.
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Orbi-RBR40-RBS40-V2-1-4-16-mesh-network-drops-connection-to/m-p/1601598/highlight/true#M35230
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Have-to-keep-rebooting-my-RBR50/m-p/1658603/highlight/false#M44420
Change the CTR/RTS threshold values for both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz (2341 and 2345 respectively), changed preamble modes to long preamble, and Set 20/40Mhz Coexistence to 40Mhz only.
How was the FW updated? via Auto Update? If so, you might try a full factory reset and setup from scratch or do a manually re-load of the FW on the Orbi and setup from scratch and see.