Orbi coverage - How can a Linksys re3000W be better than Orbi?

Hello,

i have a two floor home with a 100 square meters on each floor and I am using a RBR50 in the base floor and a RBS50 in the first floor which are connected through ethernet backhaul. On the first floor the RBS50 is located in the first room and my bedroom is on the opposite side of the house. With rbs50 connected to my phone i can barely connect.

The signal is too weak so i tested an old Linksys re3000W https://www.linksys.com/gb/p/P-RE3000W/ which cost me about ~30€. Guess what, i got better coverage with this cheap AP than my expensive Orbi Sollution.

Does anyone have similar problems? It supposed to cover up to 1400 square feet (130 sq meters) on each floor. Does this indicates a faulty one?

P.S. I am using orbi an AP mode. My setup is a Cisco Router followed by a Linksys switch and then the Orbi takes care the Wifi.

Thanks & BR,

cramm
Mar 19, 2020
Ok, so the sollution for this was in Regional Settings.

I have chosen Europe, and that limited the txpower to max 18 dBm (63 mW). I have changed the region to Canada for testing and that gave me much more txpower and better Wifi connection to the bedroom. I will play with the settings to see what is the best for me. Maybe i choose Canada and put it on 75% or put it manual with iwconfig.

root@RBR50:/# iwlist ath0 txpower
ath0 8 available transmit-powers :
0 dBm (1 mW)
5 dBm (3 mW)
9 dBm (7 mW)
13 dBm (19 mW)
17 dBm (50 mW)
21 dBm (125 mW)
25 dBm (316 mW)
29 dBm (794 mW)
Current Tx-Power:29 dBm (794 mW)

Thank you guys for your suggestions!I really apreciate it.

BR and be safe from the covid-19.

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Orbi coverage - How can a Linksys re3000W be better than Orbi?