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Orbi - why can't we change channels on satellites?
Wireless design best practice when installing multiple access points in an area is to have non-overlapping channels. So if you have 3 APs (RBR50, 2-RBS50) in an area, for 2.4 GHz, one AP would be cha...
Also having wireless sources right above one another or in close range with the Orbi systems, will present problems. 30 feet in between to start is a good starting point for placement. Depending upon building materials as well.
The router alone and cover up to 30 feet by itself. the MESH system is still base on extender or repeater design so the satellies are still extenders. Even in wired back haul mode.
But directly below is where I want the hard wired ports.
Your solution is to rearrange my house so the Orbi works the way it was designed to work? It is a poor design to not allow channel assignments to address performance issues with co-channel interference AND I can't lower the power settings to try to reduce that co-channel interference either.
Make an advanced tab that allows the satellite channels and power levels to be adjusted.
Something you can post here to request about this and see if NG will review and respond:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Idea-Exchange-For-Home/idb-p/idea-exchange-for-home
Again, this maybe something thats not a feature with in the chipset of the actual wifi drivers for Orbi. Also this system is based on being fairly automatic for the average home user. Most users don't have this need to change any channels or power levels. Users mostly want to set the Orbi system up and have it work and thats it.
Good Luck.
tln741 wrote:
But directly below is where I want the hard wired ports.
Your solution is to rearrange my house so the Orbi works the way it was designed to work? It is a poor design to not allow channel assignments to address performance issues with co-channel interference AND I can't lower the power settings to try to reduce that co-channel interference either.
Make an advanced tab that allows the satellite channels and power levels to be adjusted.
- My experience make differ from others
Yes it would be really helpful to be able to adjust the powers levels individually.
My house is just too big to have a router on its own but when I add a satelitte and reduce the power, a chunk of the house is effectively wifi free because the devices get confused about whether to join the router or the satelitte. It's not too bad with fixed devices but for phones/tablets etc its a nighmare.
How big is your house? SqFt?
I used one router and one satellite in a 5000sq ft home. Router and satellite at opposite ends with 40 feet in between them.
jimbojames79 wrote:
Yes it would be really helpful to be able to adjust the powers levels individually.
My house is just too big to have a router on its own but when I add a satelitte and reduce the power, a chunk of the house is effectively wifi free because the devices get confused about whether to join the router or the satelitte. It's not too bad with fixed devices but for phones/tablets etc its a nighmare.
I've been experimenting with power level and I find 50% is too low but 75% seems to still be OK. I also reserved IP addresses for most of my clients and the Apple dropouts seem to have stopped. And by setting up the clients themselves with static addresses, the incessant DHCP pinging has stopped, not from the Apple products of course, but they seem to be less than before.
My house is 2400 sq ft and maybe 2 satellites is too many since I can't control individual power levels. I'm seeing connections to far more distant units than I would expect and that leads me to believe the devices are also being confused. May try unplugging one leaving only the most distant one online.