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Lessons Learned for best Orbi experience
Hi All, Clearly a lot of us are having issues (some major, some minor, some common, some not). Not sure how many of these issues are due to unfamilarity with the system, operator error, or outri...
Turned out I had some hardware issues with my Orbi. After continued speed issues (instablity) on my satellite, I exchanged my Orbi 3-pack system at Coscto for a new system, and now I am up and running at full, stable speeds on both the router and satellite. Case closed!
😳 lol.
Another thing to try is to lower the power transmit on the Router, if you feel your devices are "sticking" with the router from too far away and never going to the satellite. Especially on the 2.4 band as it has more range/penetration.
does lowering the transmit power only do this to the router or on the satellites too?
How do you lower the power?
You set transmit power in the Orbi Advanced page, Advanced Setup, Wireless Settings. I have an Orbi with two satellites, and this setting also controls transmit power in the satellites. You can observe this with a WiFi analyzer such as inSSIDer.