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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...
FURRYe38 the Orbi Satellite are not extenders or repeaters like the older exenders (leavling alone the Mesh Extenders) - much more they compare to a normal wireless access point where either a dedicated Ethernet port or a dedicated radio can be used to connect to the backhaul. There are three independent radios, one 5 GHz for the backhaul, two dedicated to clients (a 2.4 and a 5 GHz).
Therefore, it should be possible that the client oriented radios can operate on any set of channels - except of the channel set in use for the backhaul of course. With the wired backhaul, this limitation isn't in place at all. Would be nice to get an answer from Mark Merrill as he is leading the Netgear RF lab (among other activities) and he gave me some great tour on the labs a while ago.
PS: Similar, I can't figure out why the Arlo Base Stations are seeking the very same channel configuration like the nearest, most powerful wireless access point on 2.4 GHz.
I know, however to keep things simple for the average home user to understand. Just saying that, at least for orbi. There using same channels as set by NG and the Chipset dev's. I presume there keeping like this as to keep things simple for everyone. Ya, hoping to get more out of Orbi, would be nice. The 3rd radio could be useful when wire connected. I saw something on my Orbi that NG maybe putting out, disabling each radios. :smileywink: Nothing official though. :smileyfrustrated:
schumaku wrote:
FURRYe38 the Orbi Satellite are not extenders or repeaters like the older exenders (leavling alone the Mesh Extenders) - much more they compare to a normal wireless access point where either a dedicated Ethernet port or a dedicated radio can be used to connect to the backhaul. There are three independent radios, one 5 GHz for the backhaul, two dedicated to clients (a 2.4 and a 5 GHz).
Therefore, it should be possible that the client oriented radios can operate on any set of channels - except of the channel set in use for the backhaul of course. With the wired backhaul, this limitation isn't in place at all. Would be nice to get an answer from Mark Merrill as he is leading the Netgear RF lab (among other activities) and he gave me some great tour on the labs a while ago.
PS: Similar, I can't figure out why the Arlo Base Stations are seeking the very same channel configuration like the nearest, most powerful wireless access point on 2.4 GHz.