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TanujB
Tutor
Aug 06, 2020

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

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 foru...
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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. 

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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
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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    TanujB
    Tutor
    Aug 07, 2020

    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? 

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      FURRYe38
      Guru - Experienced User
      Aug 07, 2020

      Yes CTS can lead to dropped wifi connections. Try 2347. 

       

      Also try setting manual channel 1, 6 or 11 on 2.4Ghz and any unused channel on 5Ghz.

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        TanujB
        Tutor
        Aug 07, 2020

        Ok. I'll give these a shot if the problem persists. For now, I've upped the CTS to 500. Thanks much for all the tips. Really appreciate this!