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RBR50/RBS50/RBSS50Y - Auto/manually setting wifi's devices' preferred SSID IP addresses needed!
I have a large three-level home on a 3.5-acre propety. I have one Orbio main router (RBR50), two indoor satellites (RBS50), and two outdoor satellites (RBS50Y. The main router and all indoor and outd...
Do I remember correctly that one possible workaround is to power cycle the device? i.e. if the device was already looking for a connection when Orbi goes online, it may connect to the first Wi-Fi AP that shows up (such as the router) and then not change when a better connection appears shortly after. Even if this were possible, my guess is that a power outage or Orbi firmware update could result in devices waking up and grabbing the undesired AP again.
CrimpOn wrote:
Do I remember correctly that one possible workaround is to power cycle the device? i.e. if the device was already looking for a connection when Orbi goes online, it may connect to the first Wi-Fi AP that shows up (such as the router) and then not change when a better connection appears shortly after. Even if this were possible, my guess is that a power outage or Orbi firmware update could result in devices waking up and grabbing the undesired AP again.
Yes, the simple and -currently- the only solution for "sticky devices" is to power cycle the device so it will look for the best AP.
Power cycling Orbi -for sticky devices issue- is not a good choice, since the Router will always come up first so all those devices will choose to connect to the Router and not any of the Satellites and stay connected there.