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PJHolland
Jan 04, 2021Aspirant
RBW30 looses connection to RBS20
Hi, My Orbi RBS20 is loosing connection to RBW30 router several times a day. Connection is restored after a minute, but the causes my VPN and videocalls to interrupt. Very annoying. The MESH syst...
- Jan 04, 2021
PJHolland wrote:I ment RBS20 ofcourse. ;-)
I did not know the satellite should be at least 10 meters from the router. This could cause the trouble. The floors are covererd with laminate, buth the walls are from brick/concrete.
that'd be the biggest issue. If the walls are brick concrete, usually the floors are some type of metal/concrete as well.
Concrete and brick are the 2 best blockers of wifi. You might not have a good option for a wireless backhaul because of this. Many resort to a wired backhaul using ethernet, powerline, or moca adapters.
It'd also be why its using the 2.4ghz for backhaul as it penetrates better. Sadly its more sensitive to interference.
PJHolland
Jan 04, 2021Aspirant
The satellite RBW20 is on th e1st floor, it is about 6 meters form the router. The floor is made of wood.
plemans
Jan 04, 2021Guru
you put you have it going : RBR30-->RBS20-->RBW30.
and then put the rbw20 (which there isn't) is 6 meters from the router.
A couple things.
1. the satellites should be at least 10 meters away from each other and the router. this is needed for roaming.
2. when floors are in the way, things in the floor like hvac/plumbing can block. sometimes a lateral movement can help.
3. you put the floor is made of wood. And the walls? whats the wood covering? cement? joists? that's the key.
4. When a satellites is connected via 2.4ghz it either indicates that something is blocking wifi or the satellites are to far away. if you're only 6 meters, it usually isn't a distance thing which is why I'm more concerned with the materials your home is made of. 5ghz doesn't broadcast as far or through as much materials.
- PJHollandJan 04, 2021Aspirant
I ment RBS20 ofcourse. ;-)
I did not know the satellite should be at least 10 meters from the router. This could cause the trouble. The floors are covererd with laminate, buth the walls are from brick/concrete.
Also the router is near to my LED-TV. Perhaps that interferes with the router as well.
So I'll first start to put the satellite in a different room which is further from the router.
- plemansJan 04, 2021Guru
PJHolland wrote:I ment RBS20 ofcourse. ;-)
I did not know the satellite should be at least 10 meters from the router. This could cause the trouble. The floors are covererd with laminate, buth the walls are from brick/concrete.
that'd be the biggest issue. If the walls are brick concrete, usually the floors are some type of metal/concrete as well.
Concrete and brick are the 2 best blockers of wifi. You might not have a good option for a wireless backhaul because of this. Many resort to a wired backhaul using ethernet, powerline, or moca adapters.
It'd also be why its using the 2.4ghz for backhaul as it penetrates better. Sadly its more sensitive to interference.