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RBR40 What connects to each satellite
I have an RBR40 and 3 satellites. They are all over the house. One is the furthest in my garage. Why is it if the main unit is at the opposite side of the house, everything still connects to that instead of the Orbi that is 2 inches away? If I look at the device list for a satellite that I’m right next to, it shows nothing hooked up but the main unit has 16 things on it. They are all working with good signals.
dchbbc wrote:
I have an RBR40 and 3 satellites. They are all over the house. One is the furthest in my garage. Why is it if the main unit is at the opposite side of the house, everything still connects to that instead of the Orbi that is 2 inches away? If I look at the device list for a satellite that I’m right next to, it shows nothing hooked up but the main unit has 16 things on it. They are all working with good signals.
This is how wifi works. If a device has good coverage then the device will stay connected to the base station that it connected to the first time. It will try to connect to another base station or band only if it if it finds another base station with a stonger signal.
If you have a large area of overlap between the coverage areas of the base stations then the -most probably- all bands will have similar signal streangths. So there will be no situation that the device will find a better signal in another base station to hop over to.
So if your devices are working fine with the furthest station then you have no problems and you don't really need to worry about it or do anything.
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What FW is currently loaded?
What is the Mfr and model# of the ISP modem the NG router is connected too?
What is the size of your home? Sq Ft?
What is the distance between the router and satellite(s)? 30 feet is recommended in between them to begin with depending upon building materials.Try disabling the following and see:
MIMO, Daisy Chain, Fast Roaming, IPv6 and Set 20/40Mhz Coexistence to 40Mhz only. Save settings and reboot the router and satellite(s).If you updated to recent FW v.210, try enabling Daisy Chain. Some have mentioned that this seems to be working in reverse order, enabling means disabled actually.
dchbbc wrote:
I have an RBR40 and 3 satellites. They are all over the house. One is the furthest in my garage. Why is it if the main unit is at the opposite side of the house, everything still connects to that instead of the Orbi that is 2 inches away? If I look at the device list for a satellite that I’m right next to, it shows nothing hooked up but the main unit has 16 things on it. They are all working with good signals.
This is how wifi works. If a device has good coverage then the device will stay connected to the base station that it connected to the first time. It will try to connect to another base station or band only if it if it finds another base station with a stonger signal.
If you have a large area of overlap between the coverage areas of the base stations then the -most probably- all bands will have similar signal streangths. So there will be no situation that the device will find a better signal in another base station to hop over to.
So if your devices are working fine with the furthest station then you have no problems and you don't really need to worry about it or do anything.
Does this mean if you set all your gear up next to each other and THEN place them, that you could have suboptimal connectivity between?
This would be recommened yes. So that you can make sure the system is updated and configured for your needs. Once this is done, then turn off and place at the remote locations.
Chuck_M wrote:
Does this mean if you set all your gear up next to each other and THEN place them, that you could have suboptimal connectivity between?
