Hi there, I just got the RBK853. I keep getting few specific devices kicked off wifi (an iPhone 11, iPad and recent/newer Win10 laptop). I looked up and found some good ideas on the netgear forum but not seeing the settings such as Daisy Chain (disable), MU-MIMO (Enable) etc. I am accessing the Advanced settings by 192.168.1.1 Ux and have the latest firmware. Appreciate any pointers. Has Netgear taken these settings off this portal?

Hi there, what helped me is all under the Advanced tab on the web interface Uncheck "Enable 20/40 MHz Coexistence" And for both 2.4 and 5Ghz setCTS: 256 Preamble mode: ShortReboot the router and satellites. Wait a day or so to check on stability. My setup is super stable since I arrived at these changes after trial and error.

For Orbi AX it seems NG has removed those settings. I beleieve they are automatic now. I have tested Daisy Chain and it does work when RBS are placed out in a line from the RBR.

Thanks. I tried your suggestions from other posts of short preamble and disabling the coexistance of 20/40. I've left WMM enabled for now. I will report back if that helps.

Ok. I've not seen any problems with v32 FW loaded. Using CTS 64 as well. Though you can change this to 2347 and test it out. NG seems to feel that his value isn't recommended anymore for Orbi AX. You can revert back to 64 if you need to.

Thanks. Can CTS threshold lead to dropped wifi connection? Thought that was more about wifi performance vs drops? Also, are you suggesting going to the max on CTS or somewhere higher than 64?

Orbi RBK853 MU-MIMO, Daisy Chain etc settings missing from admin portal (need to fix wifi drops)

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FURRYe38
Guru
Aug 07, 2020
For Orbi AX it seems NG has removed those settings. I beleieve they are automatic now. I have tested Daisy Chain and it does work when RBS are placed out in a line from the RBR.
- TanujB
  Tutor
  Aug 07, 2020
  Thanks. I tried your suggestions from other posts of short preamble and disabling the coexistance of 20/40. I've left WMM enabled for now. I will report back if that helps.
  - FURRYe38
    Guru
    Aug 07, 2020
    Ok. I've not seen any problems with v32 FW loaded. Using CTS 64 as well. Though you can change this to 2347 and test it out. NG seems to feel that his value isn't recommended anymore for Orbi AX. You can revert back to 64 if you need to.

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Orbi RBK853 MU-MIMO, Daisy Chain etc settings missing from admin portal (need to fix wifi drops)