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RBR20 Slow Wifi
This post is nothing new, plenty of similiar ones on the board. I've got 500/50 cable to curb. It's an Arris modem, DG3450A. I've got an RBR20 and three satelites. One is daisy chained. They'...
What Firmware version is currently loaded?
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-router
Try setting manual channel 1, 6 or 11 on 2.4Ghz and any unused channel on 5Ghz.
Any Wifi Neighbors near by? If so, how many?
Try enabling Beamforming and MIMO(MIMO may or maynot be needed) and WMM. Under Advanced Tab/Advanced Settings/Wireless Settings
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).
Power OFF RBR and RBS for 1 minute then back on?
I would factory reset and setup from scratch at some point...
FURRYe38 wrote:What Firmware version is currently loaded?
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-router
Try setting manual channel 1, 6 or 11 on 2.4Ghz and any unused channel on 5Ghz.
Any Wifi Neighbors near by? If so, how many?
Try enabling Beamforming and MIMO(MIMO may or maynot be needed) and WMM. Under Advanced Tab/Advanced Settings/Wireless Settings
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).
Power OFF RBR and RBS for 1 minute then back on?
I would factory reset and setup from scratch at some point...
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Yeah that cut and paste reply in every post of this ilk not much help here.
colinson wrote:Yeah that cut and paste reply in every post of this ilk not much help here.
Agree....it's used by those who try and answer ALL the posts without reading and understanding the problem while taking the time to actually typing a response. Not to mention the responses that are really no more than guesses in disguise.