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RBK53 issues with 2.5.1.8
Add me to the list of everyone having issues with 2.5.1.8. Yesterday I completely reset the unit and it worked for about a day. Now a day later I'm having issues with WiFi all over again. Anything pl...
FURRYe38 wrote:What is the Mfr and model# of the ISP modem/ONT the NG router is connected too?
Don't know, had these units for nearly 2 years now but not having any trouble getting an IP from my ISP or any internet issues.
What is the size of your home? Sq Ft?
a bit over 1000sq ft.
What is the distance between the router and satellite(s)? 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-routerWhat channels are you using? Auto? Try setting manual channel 1, 6 or 11 on 2.4Ghz and any unused channel on 5Ghz.
I think I'm currently on 6, but like I said I'm not seeing much noise from neighbors and I've tried 1 and 11 which made not difference.Think I'm on 44 for 5GHz right now/
Try enabling Beamforming and MIMO(MIMO may or maynot be needed) and WMM. Under Advanced Tab/Advanced Settings/Wireless Settings
Turning this on made connections unstable. Devices would frequently and randomly disconnect.
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).Not using any of that crap, and not daisy chaining anything. IPv6 is disabled. Already disabled 20/40 Coexistence.I don't have any old devices that need the long preamble but I'd be surprised if that helped anyone except for the odd device having connectivity issues.
You can try Voxels FW for Orbi:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Voxels-FW-available-for-50-series-Orbi-only-available/m-p/1883615#
You can revert back to stock FW if it doesn't work out for you.Might give that a shot, couldn't be much worse than this nonsense.
Interestingly enough I left the ping running from my MBP and since then the single throughout the house seems to be more stable. We have seen when maintaining a ping when testing VPN connections or other network troubleshooting will sometimes keep a connection alive when it might otherwise die when it shouldn't. Still seeing the occasional lost packed but it does appear to be more stable.
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What is the size of your home? Sq Ft?
a bit over 1000sq ft."
Might be that having too much wifi signal in such a small home foot print maybe also problmatic. Something that would not be recommended for a small home size. Thought it worked for a while, you may have cause some damage to the system having too much wifi singles over lapping between each of the RBS and the RBR. 1000sq ft would or should only need the 1 RBR and 1 RBS. Having two additonal RBS would be over loading on signals in the home and may cause some problems or degradation to the wifi radios on your units.
You might remove two RBS from operation and test just with the RBR and 1 RBS alone. Ensure 30 feet is the distance in between to start. Check operation with these two first.
That's absurd that the radios would be damanged by being to close. The worst that would happen is there is would be too much overlap from the freqencies and cause too much noise, in which case you could simply turn down the power on the radios. These units can't put out enough signal to damage the other radios even if they were sitting side-by-side. The amount of RF that would be required to do actual damage would be enough to be hazardous to people and therefore would never pass FCC licensing as consumer grade equipment. Anything that powerful would require a license to operate.
But to you point I did turn down the radios, because I make use of the ethernet ports in both units to some devices around the house, without any change in performance. Based on the NetSpot analysis even with the radios at 100% there is not enough noise to be a problem. The units are at the further points of the house, maybe not 30 feet but close to it, with the RBR in the middle.
I would test with just the 1 RBR and RBS and see if you see any differences in behavior.
Then add 1 RBS and check. Yes I would reduce the power output on the RBR as well. Again, you home size seem small for having the RBR and 3 RBS all going at the same time. I have to 5000sq ft home and use just 1 RBR and 1 RBS, coverage is great and works well.