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Device not connecting to closest satellite
Last week I bought AX6000 (AX6000 Tri-band) with 2 satellites to replace my Google Wifi as I upgraded my bandwidth to 1Gbps and wanted to take advantage of WiFi 6 higher. Hardware Version R...
What is the size of your home? Sq Ft?
What is the distance between the router and 📡 satellite(s)? 30 feet or more is recommended in between RBR and RBS📡 to begin with depending upon building materials when wirelessly connected.
It's up to devices to pick and choose where they connect too. You would have to reduce the Transmit power from 100% to 50 or 25% as a test to see if this helps with getting some devices to connect to the RBS.
Thanks for the help and response.
The satellites are more than 30 feet away (9metres +) from the router.
The internal of the house is wooden frame with Gyprock walls (with a level of insulation); though nothing like brick or concrete.
Do you know if the having a device connected via ethernet has an impact of the behaviour of the Wifi?
I have done some experimentations and found:
* when I removed the hardwired devise and reset the system, after a short period the Apple TV devise in the room connected to the closer satellite.
* As some of the devices were flactuating between the router 2.4G (further away) and 5G on either router of satellite, I configured the devices that allow to only be on signle 5G band and they now connect to the closed satellite.
For a very expensive devise (in AUD about $1750), i wasn't expecting these type of issues especially that I never had issues with the cheaper Google nest Wifi.