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Not getting a strong 5ghz signal from Orbi
I have an Orbi pair with RBR50 and RBS50. The Guest wifi is booming through at 5GHz but the private wifi seems to be weak in areas. Having done some analysis it seems as though one of the units isn...
Both units have the current firmware: V1.12.0.18
TomBertie wrote:
Both units have the current firmware: V1.12.0.18
I would have to suspect that the buggy firmware has something to blame with this - V2 for the firmware has no ETA and could be weeks away - I would try and a different channel for 5gh or see if you are having any interference from neighbors WiFi
- Thanks. It isn't interference from the neighbors so I guess I'll have to hope the new firmware sorts it out. It's difficult to see it being a hardware problem given the guest network is fine, but I'm a little concerned that I haven't found any other reference to this type of problem
disable the guest wifi and see if the main wifi on 5 gig comes back
