Orbi 760 does not have ability to assign devices to satellites

Orbi systems have never had the ability to assign devices to RBS. It's up to connecting devices to pick and choose where they connect too. 

 

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.
https://kb.netgear.com/31029/Where-should-I-place-my-Orbi-satellite 📡

 

Also try turning down the power output of the RBRs wifi radios from 100% to 50% and see if this changes anything. Under Advanced Tab/Advanced Settings/Wireless Settings

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Multusanimus wrote:

What do you do if it is a remote station that involves a complicated retrieval. Obviously Netgear never thought of that. If anyone has a solution to assign a device please let me know .

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If doing a power cycle on the device actually causes it to choose the satellite that is "more appropriate" then I have some suggestions.

 

• it might be a good idea to take steps to keep the WiFi system from rebooting.  For example, when power goes off to the entire house and the entire system restarts when power is restored, my observation is that the router unit is the first to begin broadcasting the WiFi SSID, perhaps as long as a minute before the satellites.  All those WiFi devices which also restarted when power was restored may have already booted up and be looking for a WiFi connection.  "Aha.  There it is.  Let's connect."  Devices that are designed to be mobile typically keep looking for stronger WiFi signals and may switch when the stronger satellite signal appears.  Devices that are intended to remain in one place are often programmed to quit looking once they have connected.  It is clearly a design decision by the engineers who built the device.  I have my WiFi units on small UPS units so that short power interruptions do not cause the WiFi system to reboot.  (No help when the outage is 8 hours.)
• Another technique is to use a WiFi extender or Access Point to create a different WiFi SSID so that this inaccessible device will connect only where you want it. If the WiFi extender exhibits the same unwanted behavior after power outages, at least it can be placed in a more accessible location where rebooting it is a simple "unplug/replug" procedure.  There are plenty of inexpensive WiFi extenders on Amazon.  (Netgear EX3700 is under $40US. Generics can be half that.)

If power cycle rebooting does not correct the issue, then an inexpensive WiFi Access Point (AP) could be wired to that nearer satellite with an Ethernet cable.  With this AP broadcasting a unique SSID, that inaccessible device will always connect to it and the communication will enter the Orbi network through that satellite.  There are plenty of WiFi access points on Amazon at under $30. 

 

All of these solutions require one trip up the ladder (or into the crawl space,etc.) to change the device to use the unique SSID.