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asuna
Jan 25, 2021Aspirant
Orbi AX daisy chain problems
I recently upgraded from an R7000 netgear nighthawk router with an ex7000 extender to the Orbi AX4200 (RBK753) 3 pack to enhance wifi speed and range. Initially we were extremely happy with our upgra...
asuna
Jan 26, 2021Aspirant
Home is approximately 3,000 sq ft. Regardless of what way I sequentially turn them on, sat 2 will still randomly decide to connect to sat 1 for a few minutes and then connect back to the RBR. And yes, they are programmed to always be searching for the best connection unlike the older Orbi models. I have neighbors but there is a solid 200-300 feet between my neighbor on the left and 300-400 between my neighbor on the right. If I turn off RBS 1 there is not daisy chaining problem (obviously.) However, many devices will then be connected to RBS 2 and cause some lag for me when online gaming. Everything works flawlessly except for when RBS 2 switches to RBS 1 (which happens multiple times throughout the day). It is weird because after RBS 2 connects to RBS 1 it slows down my downloads speeds as well has highers latency. It realizes this and will switch back to connected directly to the RBR within a few minutes.
JonGN
Jan 26, 2021Aspirant
I am also suffering with this exact problem. My satellites, which function perfectly when in a 'star' formation, are sometimes randomly changing to a daisy chain formation, which causes my Zoom calls to disconnect. How to fix? It's absurd that it isn't simple/easy to manually configure dynamic daisy chaining in this $1k+ system.