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Problems switching in mesh
Since a year I have a setup with one router (RBR850) and three satellites (RBS850). This should be set up as a mesh network, so that my devices automatically switch one from to the other. The rece...
Gotrah wrote:
my iPhone says it's connected to wifi, but shows 5G instead.
It is normal for a cellular phone to display both the WiFi signal strength symbol and the cellular system signal strength 'bars' at the same time.
There may be a setting on the phone for which data connection to prefer.
Gotrah wrote:
Then none of my wifi functionality is available, e.g. control Sonos.
It may be worth checking other WiFi functionality to see how many features are affected. For example:
- Can you open the Orbi WiFi router web page (http://orbilogin.net) using a web browser?
- Can you open any other web pages on the local network? (for example, my Epson printer has a web management page which I open using the local IP address (http://192.168.1.4)
- Are there any apps on the phone to do common networking tasks, such as
Ping local devices?
Scan the local network to find devices? (Fing is a popular app for that)