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On this point, my empirical evidence appears to differ.
FURRYe38 wrote:
Try turning down the power output of the RBRs wifi radios from 100% to 50% and see if this changes anything. This changes ALL radios. Under Advanced Tab/Advanced Settings/Wireless Settings
On this point, my empirical evidence appears to differ. Having a spare RBR50 for testing, I set the Transmit Power to 25% and used a Heat Map app to make a quick study of the upstairs. (Downstairs would be significantly worse.)
This is the heat map of the 5G Fronthaul channel:
This is the heat map of the 5G Backhaul channel:
Notice how the 5G user channel has dropped to -76dB at the far end of the house, whereas the 5G backhaul channel has dropped only to -60dB.
I can jack up the Transmit Power to 100% and make another heat map, but I set this test Orbi to 25% so it would have less interference with the primary WiFi system.
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I would agree, of course, this all applies to the 50 series Orbi system for sure. Orbi AX seems to be different.
Would love to see some data. Would not require a Heat Map (I just like the pretty colors and that I don't need to write anything down.)
Use any WiFi tool to record the RSSI of the backhaul signal from each Orbi unit (the access points that do not broadcast SSID) at several points in the house. Maybe in the same room as each access point plus somewhere not very close to any of them.
Drop the Transmit Power to 25% and repeat the measurements.
Even used AX routers are too costly on eBay for me to purchase a box full just to play with.
