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Orbi RBR50 + satellite - Abysmal performance
The environment is a 5000+ sqft home, 4 levels if you include the basement. New CAT5e wiring. Enough distance between houses that there's not much interference. Replaced an old Asus Dark Knight ro...
What is the Mfr and model# of the IP modem the Orbi is connected too?
30 feet is recommended in between them to begin with depending upon building materials.
What channels are you using? Auto? Try setting manual channel 1, 6 or 11 on 2.4Ghz and any unused channel on 5Ghz.
Any Wifi Neighbors near by? If so, how many?
Try disabling the following and see:
MIMO, Daisy Chain, Fast Roaming, IPv6 and Set 20/40Mhz Coexistence to 40Mhz only. Save settings and reboot the router and satellite(s).
Set up IP address reservations ON the router for the satellites. Wired or wireless connected.To get wired back haul working well, you need to disconnect the main LAN network from the ORbi router. Then 1 at a time, connect a satellite via wireless to the router, you can do this in the same room as the router. Once you get the satellite connected wirelessly and it has a top led BLUE, connect the LAN cable between the router and satellite. You need to wait 5 minutes for the top led on the satellite to turn on BLUE. Once it does, do a IP address reservation on the Orbi router. Save and apply. I would turn off the satellite then follow same process for the next follow on satellite. Do this for all satellites. Once you have them set up, power down and place satellites in remote locations, then power on one at a time. Top led should turn on BLUE. Once you have all satellites ON and working and verify access thru them, then connect your main LAN network back to the router.
What is the Mfr and model# of the IP modem the Orbi is connected too?
30 feet is recommended in between them to begin with depending upon building materials.
What channels are you using? Auto? Try setting manual channel 1, 6 or 11 on 2.4Ghz and any unused channel on 5Ghz.
Any Wifi Neighbors near by? If so, how many?
Try disabling the following and see:
MIMO, Daisy Chain, Fast Roaming, IPv6 and Set 20/40Mhz Coexistence to 40Mhz only. Save settings and reboot the router and satellite(s).
Set up IP address reservations ON the router for the satellites. Wired or wireless connected.
To get wired back haul working well, you need to disconnect the main LAN network from the ORbi router. Then 1 at a time, connect a satellite via wireless to the router, you can do this in the same room as the router. Once you get the satellite connected wirelessly and it has a top led BLUE, connect the LAN cable between the router and satellite. You need to wait 5 minutes for the top led on the satellite to turn on BLUE. Once it does, do a IP address reservation on the Orbi router. Save and apply. I would turn off the satellite then follow same process for the next follow on satellite. Do this for all satellites. Once you have them set up, power down and place satellites in remote locations, then power on one at a time. Top led should turn on BLUE. Once you have all satellites ON and working and verify access thru them, then connect your main LAN network back to the router.
Thanks for the solution you provided, FURRYe38.
As closely as I could, I followed your instructions, but couldn't follow everything because I failed to disclose one key bit of info about my configuration--I'm using the Orbis in AP mode. The important thing is that my final result is that I have good throughput when connected to the satellite, which is a first!
To answer your questions about the environment:
IP modem -- I don't have a modem. It's a gigabit ethernet connection to a pfSense firewall.
Channels -- Currently Auto and working well.
Neighbors -- We are all far enough apart that we can see each other's access points but the signal is weak so not much interference.
Thanks again!
Glad you got it working better. Enjoy. :smileywink: