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RBR40 and RBW30 satellite - poor connection with line of sight free and daisy chain on
My house has 3 floors with the RBR40 router on the middel floor in a corner of the house. Less than 30 ft away from the router is a satellite with a sheetrock wall in between them. Immediately above ...
You misquoted my original post when you said "no possiblity of moving the satellite".... I mentioned that the router couldn't be moved. The satellite can be moved but I, perhaps mistakenly, assumed that putting it in the hallway where there are no obscructions to the next satellite would be best. I'll tinker with some other locations but I am limited because of the positions of the electrical outlets.
Should I change the transmit power (reduce it from 100%) to potentially force the far satellite (Sat-D in my example) to connect to another satellite rather than trying to connect directly to the router?
Thanks very much for your input.
I used to play with placement of my satellites pretty consistently both for testing and just to optimize. It was a bit surprising at times to realize what area's actually needed better coverage when I though they were covered. I even played with using from 1 to 4 satellites. The optimium for mine was 2 satellites for my area. any more and speeds didn't increase and devices struggled to roam properly.
So before turning down your broadcast strength, I would just play with moving them around a bit and then speedtest them.
I usually tested hardwired into a satellite and then tested over wireless. that way I could both test if the satellite was in a decent location in regards to the router as well as how well it covered its area.
So would I start with changing the strength? probably not. I'd try the moving them around.
Then if you're still getting the issue, try the broadcast strength.
I've tested quite a few mesh systems now so I pretty much know where to place them based off if the system is a router +1 satellite or however many I'm going to use.