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Ranboco
Apr 19, 2021Aspirant
Lock a product (via Mac Address) to a specific RBR50 satelite
Greetings, I have a Netgear Orbi RBR50 and for some reason even though I am only 15' away from the satelite (slave) on my 3rd floor, my work PC (running Win10) appears to always connect to the m...
tucsontico
Apr 19, 2021Virtuoso
Unfortunately, there is no way to "force" the ORBI to accept a device on a specific satellite or router. As you mentioned, that defeats the purpose of a mesh system. You could try telling your Windows 10 device to forget the network then reconfigure the WiFi on your device while you're sitting close to the satellite you wish to tie it too. This may only work temporarily or not at all. Good Luck!
Ranboco
Apr 19, 2021Aspirant
Yes, you are correct, it works temporarily but whenever I sleep or restart the PC it locks back onto the weaker signal. Perhaps Microsoft can advise a method to fix this in their settings.
- FURRYe38Apr 19, 2021Guru - Experienced User
Yes the signal will be reduced.
Ensure the wifi adapter drivers are up to date on the PC.