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Orbi RBR50 satellite not connecting...
I have an Orbi RBR50 with one satellite. The base unit is on the second floor in my office. The satellite is one floor down approximately 6 feet offset in my rec room (wood construction with sheet ...
30 feet is recommended in between RBR and RBS to begin with depending upon building materials when wirelessly connected. https://kb.netgear.com/000036466/How-far-should-I-place-my-Orbi-satellite-from-my-Orbi-router
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 enabling Beamforming and MIMO(MIMO may or maynot be needed) and WMM. Under Advanced Tab/Advanced Settings/Wireless Settings. You can turn down the power output of the RBR to see if this helps any.
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Try disabling the following and see:
Armor, Circle, Daisy Chain, Fast Roaming, IPv6 and Set 20/40Mhz Coexistence to 40Mhz only. Set Short preamble instead of Long preamble modes. Save settings and reboot the router and satellite(s).
Glenvis wrote:I have an Orbi RBR50 with one satellite. The base unit is on the second floor in my office. The satellite is one floor down approximately 6 feet offset in my rec room (wood construction with sheet rock walls). I purchased this system to be used for my new Samsung QLED television in my rec room - approximately 12 feet from the satellite - same room.
Using the Orbi app on my iPhone and checking the Nework Map, then clicking on the satellite, I just noticed the TV is apparently not connecting to the satellite, but is using the signal from the main unit in my office. How does this happen? Wouldn't the TV connect to the closest source? How do I force the TV to connect to the satellite that is in the same room? Or, for that matter, do I want to?
I just find it unusual that the TV (or the satellite?) is doing this. Maybe this is normal, just thought I'd put it out there and see what the consensus is.
Thanks in advance!
FURRYe38 - thanks for all the technical info, I'll hang on to this for future reference.
Glenvis
Enjoy. :smileywink:
Glenvis wrote:FURRYe38 - thanks for all the technical info, I'll hang on to this for future reference.
Glenvis
oh yeah....Enjoy.
You are most likely encountering a known race condition that cannot be corrected. The WiFi of the router is enabled before the satellites for clients, so clients bind to the router. The satellite WiFi signal is enabled probably after the clients have already bound to the routers WiFi. Devices like smart phones, tablets, and laptops expect to roam, so they will continue to look for a better signal and attach to the stronger signal when it sees one (for the same SSID). However, IoT devices (smart TVs, bluray players, smart plugs, thermostats, printers, etc) are not expected to move around, so they will not search for a better signal until they loose connection with the original WiFi signal they connect to.
You might have luck reducing the power of the 2.4GHz signal so that the signal is too weak for these devices to connect to the router signal, so then they may connect to the satellites 2.4GHz signal.
