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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 th...
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.
cramm wrote: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?
You are, of course, correct that switches (etc.) have nothing to do with WiFi "coverage". Do you have a means of measuring WiFi signal strength? (I like an app such as WiFi Analyzer on my Android's. Actually, almost any WiFi network monitor will do the same thing.) It would be useful to know the measured signal strength on both 5G and 2.4G channels at the bedroom location. The Linksys is a 2.4G only device, so the proper comparison is between it and the Orbi 2.4G channel.
Would love to see the values comparing Orbi to Linksys.
My guess is that the coverage problem is a combination of distance and building materials.
Please bear in mind that descriptions of WiFi "coverage" are marketing statements, much as "Miles per Gallon" on automobiles. Ordinary radio antennas have a roughly circular pattern (technically a torroid?). So, if a radio is located in the exact center of a building that is about 40 ft. square and has no major obstacles inside it, there should be excellent coverage everywhere. I purchased an Orbi because my house is rectangular (not square) and the internet connection is in one corner upstairs. WiFi coverage was terrible at the far corner downstairs. Over half of my WiFi coverage was "outside", and thus not very useful. I had no practical way to move the WiFi to the center of the house. I replaced my WiFi router with an Orbi and put a satellite about 25 ft. away and downstairs. Now have excellent coverage downstairs and extending to the front patio.
Sorry to ramble on and on.