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Moving Between Router & Satellites
I have read about issues with other mesh networks when a user with a mobile device moves far away from the router or satellite they intially connect with. It seems often the device will try to stay ...
Hello meyerla
Yes the orbi has one wifi network that will keep you connected to the best signal in the house so no switching to the extenders network. The orbi also has band steering to keep you on the best network band for your devices.
DarrenM
Darren,
How dependent is that on the smarts of the device? For example, I have a nestcam on the opposite side of the house from the router. The satellite wasn't on when the devices joined and they still have not switched to the satellite (on that side of the house). I suppose I could restart the nestcam, but just curious.
I would restart the Nestcam. It's all one SSID now.
I did restart the NestCams (it was one SSID before too). And as of right now, they both have grabbed the orbi device furthest from them oddly. Wifi signal analyser says they shouldn't, but
To be clear, I don't put it on Netgrear/Orbi, just curious how devices make this decision with the shared SSID and if some devices are smarter than others.
The Orbi's are able to differentiate between the needs of the different devices automatically.
From the site:
The tri-band WiFi that powers Orbi includes a dedicated 1.7 Gbps 5 GHz band that is used solely used for communication between an Orbi router and satellite. The other two WiFi bands are dedicated to the WiFi devices that you connect to your Orbi network.
The performance that you experience also depends on the devices that you are connecting to your network. In most circumstances, you can expect the following speeds:- Up to 400 Mbps for older devices using 2.4 GHz
- Up to 866Mbps for your newer mobile devices that support 5 GHz
