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Orbi - why can't we change channels on satellites?
Wireless design best practice when installing multiple access points in an area is to have non-overlapping channels. So if you have 3 APs (RBR50, 2-RBS50) in an area, for 2.4 GHz, one AP would be cha...
2400 sq ft is average to medium size home. 1 router can cover this however depending upon building materials and layout. Yes, Try just the router and 1 satellite and see how it goes. I think having two satellites is too much.
Also use manual channels 1, 6 or 11 on 2.4ghz.
astrojohn wrote:
I've been experimenting with power level and I find 50% is too low but 75% seems to still be OK. I also reserved IP addresses for most of my clients and the Apple dropouts seem to have stopped. And by setting up the clients themselves with static addresses, the incessant DHCP pinging has stopped, not from the Apple products of course, but they seem to be less than before.
My house is 2400 sq ft and maybe 2 satellites is too many since I can't control individual power levels. I'm seeing connections to far more distant units than I would expect and that leads me to believe the devices are also being confused. May try unplugging one leaving only the most distant one online.
Netgear needs to look at how something like Aruba InstantAP works. The APs assign themselves non overlapping channels to each other.