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mark0077
Tutor
Jan 01, 2023

Disabling 802.11e APSD (WiFi power saving)

Hi all, I have received a new RBR750 with two satellites in our home. We have about 60 smart lights and led strips from lifx. They are being controlled via a local homeassistant server on the lan. ...
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Mikey94025
Hero
Jan 02, 2023
mark0077 wrote:
Hi all,
I have received a new RBR750 with two satellites in our home. We have about 60 smart lights and led strips from lifx. They are being controlled via a local homeassistant server on the lan.

I have been troubleshooting an issue where the led strips will randomly but frequently drop off the network and appear temporarily 'unavailable' in homeassistant.

Your lights should not be disconnecting repeatedly from your Orbi wireless network (or else the vast majority of Orbi customers would be reporting such issues).  As an experiment, try setting CTS/RTS Threshold to 2347 to maximize compatibility with older wireless devices.

 

  1. Go to the web admin portal at http://orbilogin.com/
  2. Click to the Advanced tab, Advanced left menu, Wireless Settings
  3. Set CTS/RTS Threshold to 2347 for both 2.4hz and 5Ghz networks
  4. Press Apply

See if that helps.  If problems still persist, next try disabling AX mode for the 2.4Ghz band:

  1. Go to http://orbilogin.com/
  2. Click to the Advanced tab, Setup left menu, Wireless Setup
  3. Uncheck "Enable 2.4G" under the top Enable AX section
  4. Press Apply