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Netgear Orbi RBK50 with 2 Satellites - Patchy / Slow Wifi performance
Hey, I have had the RBK50 around a year now and it has been amazing since day one. However in the last week or so the Wifi has been terrible. Its been slow, patchy and all round frustrating. ...
The distance is about 8 - 10 meters to both satellites from the main router.
There are a few other neighbours, about 10 other networks can be seen from my laptop.
The setup is more of a star formation. Main router is upstairs one side of the hour, satellite one is downstairs otherside of the house and satellite two is downstairs in outbuilding which is opposite side to satellite one.
I have updated the settings - I could only see the option to disable "Enable 20/40 MHz Coexistence" rather than to set it to 40 MHz only?
The issue even persists when a device is directly next to a satellite. I have a satellite next to a Sky Q box and the downloading of a show is very very slow.
Will see what performance is like, thanks for the tips.
Make sure Daisy Chain is disabled then and see.
Just remove the check mark from the 20/40Mhz box and this enables 40Mhz only.
Does this Sky Q box have it's own wifi? This a streaming device or a ISP modem?
Made sure daisy chain is off.
Basically I have Sky Q with Sky Fibre Broadband. I turned off Wifi from the Sky router and connected the Orbi router directly to the Sky router. Then Orbi provides all Wifi in the house. When running setup wizard Orbi said to use Router mode rather than AP mode which I have left alone.
If you have another router infront of the Orbi router, you might try AP mode:
This would be a double NAT condition which isn't recommended. https://kb.netgear.com/30186/What-is-Double-NAT
https://kb.netgear.com/30187/How-to-fix-issues-with-Double-NAT
Couple of options,
1. Configure the modem for transparent bridge or modem only mode. Then use the Orbi router in router mode. You'll need to contact the ISP for help and information in regards to the modem being bridged correctly.
2. If you can't bridge the modem, disable ALL wifi radios on the modem, configure the modems DMZ/ExposedHost or IP Pass-Through for the IP address the Orbi router gets from the modem. Then you can use the Orbi router in Router mode.
3. Or disable all wifi radios on the modem and connect the Orbi router to the modem, configure AP mode on the Orbi router. https://kb.netgear.com/31218/How-do-I-configure-my-Orbi-router-to-act-as-an-access-point and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7LOcJ8GdDo&app=desktop
Devil000 wrote:Made sure daisy chain is off.
Basically I have Sky Q with Sky Fibre Broadband. I turned off Wifi from the Sky router and connected the Orbi router directly to the Sky router. Then Orbi provides all Wifi in the house. When running setup wizard Orbi said to use Router mode rather than AP mode which I have left alone.
Hey,
I have tried all of the above apart from the AP Mode settings in your last message as my setup used to work really well so not sure why it would stop now.
Still have issues, hoping there will be a firmware release soon to resolve these issues. Is there any way to chat to Netgear?
Thanks