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SXK80 5Ghz Bandsteering
In my environment there is a lot of interference so it’s nice to be able to analyze it and configure my SXK80 to get optimal performance. I noticed the other day my more capable 5 GHz devices were ...
Just want to verify. Does your Orbi Pro network only consists of 1 SRX80 router and 1 SXS80 satellite or you have more than 1 SXS80?
Also, whenever you observe that your laptop is getting 300-400Mbps instead of 600+Mbps when connected to the 5GHz SSID, if you login to the web-GUI of your SXK80 then check on Attached Devices, to which Orbi Pro device is your laptop connected to? Is it to the nearest router/satellite or to the other satellite that is further away?
Regards,
DaneA
NETGEAR Community Team
" Does your Orbi Pro network only consists of 1 SRX80 router and 1 SXS80 satellite or you have more than 1 SXS80?"
I have a 1 Router and 2 Satellite setup in a three floor townhouse all connected with unmanaged 1Gb switches for ethernet backhaul.
"Also, whenever you observe that your laptop is getting 300-400Mbps instead of 600+Mbps when connected to the 5GHz SSID"
Always connected to closest Orbi before I run a speed test. Usually line of sight 10 -15 feet
Thank you for your response. 🙂
Just to verify. Are all SXS80 satellites connected directly to the unmanaged switch? Are the satellites paired wirelessly or are you using wired backhaul? If ever you are using wired backhaul, you can just unpair the satellites from the SXR80 router and verify if the speed improves.
Regards,DaneA
NETGEAR Community Team
DaneA Thanks for the responses but I am 99.9% sure it's interference on the Second 5 Ghz Channel the Orbi is choosing. I have been using over the air sniffers and network analyzers and stated in original post my neighbors APs are using the same channel.
I was able to reduce the interference by moving the one configurable 5Ghz Channel, but for some reason the Orbi assigns my lower TX/RX 5Ghz clients to this open channel, but all my higher supporting TX/RX 5Ghz clients to the unconfigurable channel that has more interference. I understand some manufacturers do this to stay away from the DFS channels.
There is nothing wrong with my switching or ethernet runs the satellites are using with Ethernet backhaul. All cabling is less two year old Cat6 under 30 foot runs so theoretical max is 10 Gbps. All Runs Been tested with iperf3 and 2.5 Gb port on server directly to 2.5 Gb before adding unmanaged switches. Once adding switches verified again with iperf3 all ports achieving 940 Mbps.
Periodic speed test checks with ethernet clients still achieve 940 Mbps including path through Orbi Satellite.Thank you for your response. I understand that you have already did tests on your own.
I wanted to know if the speed will improve when using ethernet backhaul as the network setup: SXR80--unmanaged switch--SXS80. Let us try the ethernet backhaul setup and kindly check if the speed improves.
If the same issue occurs, I advise you to open a support ticket with NETGEAR Support here at anytime for further investigation. You may include the link to this thread as well as attach the results of the tests you did to isolate the problem.
Regards,
DaneA
NETGEAR Community Team
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