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RBR50 - WiFI Calling Rarely Works
I realize that this question has been posed by others, but there is not often a good resolution to this in other posts. We have an iPhone 6 and 8 here at home, which is a 3-story townhouse, and the t...
- You’re not going to want to hear this, but I’d probably start from scratch with a full factory reset .
Don’t break band steering. Disable daisychain if you don’t need it. I’ve disabled 20/40 coexistence here. Enable all 3 of the advanced wireless features.
See if just doing this much fixes your WiFi calling. It did for me.
When doing the full reset, I’d turn off ALL wireless devices and leave all wired devices disconnected. Use the paper clip method to reset the Orbi. Router first and then satellite.
As for which 5GHz channel to pick, the best way to know is by using a tool that can do a site survey. Android benefits by having a wonderful app called WiFi analyzer.
One can get a home microcell as well if the default cell services are bad in ones area. Like mine. I've had to get one. Works well for these cases as an alternative connection method.
Actually, that is why I moved to Wifi Calling, had no choice when my MicroCell failed a few weeks ago (the patient has died apparently - the unit flashes a status indicator light that indicates that the unit needs to be replaced - tried Googling around looking for some way to fix this with no luck). AT&T was no help and mentioned that they no longer sell these units, and no successor is planned, so had to move to WiFi Calling.