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ORBI
I have been running my home network like a dream for the past year with an Orbi RBR50 (v.2.2.1.210) in the basement, one RBS50 (v.2.2.1.210) satellite on the first floor and an RBW30 (v.2.2.1.204) sa...
UltimaThule, Do you know whether you have "fast roaming" enabled? (look under advanced > advanced settings > wireless settings from the web configuration to check). You could try changing that setting to see whether it makes a difference before attempting any other fixes. And, incidentally, that's the same place you would go to change the transmit power if you decide to go that route (see below).
If that doesn't work, you could try putting the satellites in different locations within your house, so hopefully you create a weaker signal out on the street and/or in the driveway, so that, hopefully, the first Orbi your EV picks up is the garage one. It could be that your EV is picking up the router or one of the other satellites when you're on the street or in the driveway, and then it's remaining connected to them when you pull into the garage, even though there is a stronger signal available closer. Ultimately, what you're trying to do is create a condition where, by the time you're in the garage, the EV can only pick up the RBS50Y in the garage (assuming the fast roaming setting doesn't fix this).
If neither of those work, in addition to what ekhalil said, a more one-time, permanent, solution may be reducing the transmit power on the the other Orbi devices (assuming it still gives you coverage where you need it and it doesn't create any dead zones with no coverage). Disabling/enabling wifi on the EV should resolve it, but would require you to do that every time you park, which is probably a (hopefully minor) hassle, done regularly. If you can decrease the transmit power on the RBR50 / RBS50 / RBW30 from, say, 100% to 75% (it goes in 25% increments), you might still get fine coverage in the house, without the EV picking up the "wrong" station as you drive up. It would be probably a large hassle to tune it, requiring you to change the settings, then get in the EV, drive out of range, and then drive back to see whether the change both resolved the EV issue without creating a overage gap issue elsewhere in the house, and, if not resolved, repeating the process at a lower power level. Probably best done with a second person, with one person driving the car out of and back into range, and the other one adjusting the Orbi settings. Maybe even a third person checking coverage within the house. So, probably a lot of effort to do, but once you get it right, you should be set and not have to mess with the EV's settings every time you get home. So, big hassle, but only done once, vs small effort, but done daily.
Caveat: It's unclear whether changing the transmit power on the RBR50 will change it on all the satellites, system-wide, or not, and trying to directly change it on the satellite from its configuration page shows no option for the transmit power. If the change doesn't propagate to all the Orbi devices, you may either only be able to reduce the transmit power on the RBR50, which may not be sufficient, or may have to reduce the power on the satellites individually, from the command line. And, even if the change does propagate to all the other devices, you may still be stuck deciding between having the EV connect properly, but having coverage gaps in your house, or keeping the transmit power at 100% so you don't create coverage gaps, and having to manually turn the EV's wifi off/on every time you park. You may be able to change the placement of your various satellites to fix any coverage gaps
Also possible that you can reduce the power on the wifi on your EV, which may force it to see only the RBS50Y as being within range when you're in the garage. I have no idea what the wifi settings in the EV look like, so this may not even be an option for you with your particular EV. Or, depending on what settings the EV has, you might also be able to block the MAC address(es) of the Orbis that aren't in the garage, so that it ignores those and then picks up the garage one. Again, no idea whether your EV has a blacklisting feature.
randomousity wrote:
UltimaThule, Do you know whether you have "fast roaming" enabled? (look under advanced > advanced settings > wireless settings from the web configuration to check). You could try changing that setting to see whether it makes a difference before attempting any other fixes. And, incidentally, that's the same place you would go to change the transmit power if you decide to go that route (see below).
If that doesn't work, you could try putting the satellites in different locations within your house, so hopefully you create a weaker signal out on the street and/or in the driveway, so that, hopefully, the first Orbi your EV picks up is the garage one. It could be that your EV is picking up the router or one of the other satellites when you're on the street or in the driveway, and then it's remaining connected to them when you pull into the garage, even though there is a stronger signal available closer. Ultimately, what you're trying to do is create a condition where, by the time you're in the garage, the EV can only pick up the RBS50Y in the garage (assuming the fast roaming setting doesn't fix this).
If neither of those work, in addition to what ekhalil said, a more one-time, permanent, solution may be reducing the transmit power on the the other Orbi devices (assuming it still gives you coverage where you need it and it doesn't create any dead zones with no coverage). Disabling/enabling wifi on the EV should resolve it, but would require you to do that every time you park, which is probably a (hopefully minor) hassle, done regularly. If you can decrease the transmit power on the RBR50 / RBS50 / RBW30 from, say, 100% to 75% (it goes in 25% increments), you might still get fine coverage in the house, without the EV picking up the "wrong" station as you drive up. It would be probably a large hassle to tune it, requiring you to change the settings, then get in the EV, drive out of range, and then drive back to see whether the change both resolved the EV issue without creating a overage gap issue elsewhere in the house, and, if not resolved, repeating the process at a lower power level. Probably best done with a second person, with one person driving the car out of and back into range, and the other one adjusting the Orbi settings. Maybe even a third person checking coverage within the house. So, probably a lot of effort to do, but once you get it right, you should be set and not have to mess with the EV's settings every time you get home. So, big hassle, but only done once, vs small effort, but done daily.
Caveat: It's unclear whether changing the transmit power on the RBR50 will change it on all the satellites, system-wide, or not, and trying to directly change it on the satellite from its configuration page shows no option for the transmit power. If the change doesn't propagate to all the Orbi devices, you may either only be able to reduce the transmit power on the RBR50, which may not be sufficient, or may have to reduce the power on the satellites individually, from the command line. And, even if the change does propagate to all the other devices, you may still be stuck deciding between having the EV connect properly, but having coverage gaps in your house, or keeping the transmit power at 100% so you don't create coverage gaps, and having to manually turn the EV's wifi off/on every time you park. You may be able to change the placement of your various satellites to fix any coverage gaps
Also possible that you can reduce the power on the wifi on your EV, which may force it to see only the RBS50Y as being within range when you're in the garage. I have no idea what the wifi settings in the EV look like, so this may not even be an option for you with your particular EV. Or, depending on what settings the EV has, you might also be able to block the MAC address(es) of the Orbis that aren't in the garage, so that it ignores those and then picks up the garage one. Again, no idea whether your EV has a blacklisting feature.
Thanks for a comprehensive feedback. Will try out your suggestions as soon as I have some more time for this project. As for WiFi settings in the EV (Tesla Model X), not much going on there except "switch wifi on/off" and "disconnect/forget current wifi network". :-)