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ChosenMezza
May 12, 2018Aspirant
RB50 - Random Device Dropouts
I have had an Orbi (RBR50 + Satellite) for almost 12 months. We live in a 4 bedroom townhouse (multi storey, not a lot of square metres). The coverage has always been reliable and fantastic throughou...
ChosenMezza
May 13, 2018Aspirant
The 2.4Ghz band (which most devices were connected to and dropping out from) was on Auto. I ran some Wifi Analyser tools today and it seemed to be on Channel 11 and there was a decent amount of neighbouring activity on 11. I switched it over to 4 (Any issues with using 4?! It was clear whilst 6 had a bit of activity).
Daisy Chain, MiMo and Fast Roaming are disabled. I'll keep them that way for the time being. I'll give the fixed channel a few days to see how it responds then try the reset. Thanks for the advice!
FURRYe38
May 13, 2018Guru - Experienced User
Use 1 or 6. 1, 6 and 11 are primary channels to use, All other channels are sub channels that are internally used by the wifi radios. You can try 4 for not and see however give 1 and 6 a try if there not busy.