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Outside WiFi cams ignoring sats & going to router?
I just got a rbk23 kit (1 rb20 router & 2 sats), my house is 2000sqft single family, my outdoor wifi cams(1 on each corner -4total) are 2.4/5ghz WiFi... They keep connecting to the router in middle of...
Alot of signal handling is done at the camera as well. It all depend on what they are set up and configured for in handling wifi signals.
What you might try is to reduce the power levels on the router from 100% to say 75 or 50% and see if the cameras connect differently. This may impact signals between the router and satellites as well.
Try setting manual channel 1, 6 or 11 on 2.4Ghz and any unused channel on 5Ghz.
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).
I will disable what you suggested, but some questions:
Where do I go to “lower the strength”?
What the best way to determine which 5ghz isn’t being used? It’s set to a number like 48, there was like 4 choices to pick from.
Where do I go to “lower the strength”?
What the best way to determine which 5ghz isn’t being used? It’s set to a number like 48, there was like 4 choices to pick from.
Adanced Tab/Advanced Settings/Wireless Settings
Try them all. However use a wifi scanner to see other neighbors near by to see what there using. Should matter for cameras. I presume they are only using 2.4Ghz?
- Is there an iOS scanner you recommend?
My cameras support both 2.4/5ghz, which prob makes it even more confusing for them with Orbi. I wish I could force connect them to 2.4ghz only & specific sat per camera. - IPv6 is set default to “disabled”, should I enable or leave it off?
If your ISP doesn't have native IPv6 support, leave it disabled.
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