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RBK752 : smartphone will try to reconnect endlessly when moving around the house
Hello to everyone, I have the following situation home : Router from ISP provider in the basement. From there, 3 ethernet cables. Two of the cables are connected to an Access point from my ISP (e...
Thanks for your answer. It might be so, but I don't think it is the answer, as I have tries many times to walk from my ISP access point area to Orbi area and not always my phone won't reconnect. Sometimes, it actually swith like it should.
I tend to agree with plemans. Mixing AP types will cause anomalies similar to what you're seeing. Does this issue occur with different brands/OS, e.g. Apple, Android? Try giving your phones an IP address reservation on your WiFi. Also, if on Apple iOS, turn off the private IP address mode. Good Luck!
Thank you both for your answers. In the end, I will have to remove my IPS access points and add some more orbi.
But it is kind of stupid as there, I have ethernet cables directly from my router. So I will lose all this, or instead of Orbi sattelites could I add 2 additional routers working in AP mode ? (maybe cheaper version, like the RBK350)
Or will this again screw everything up ?
orbi satellites can be hardwired in.
You can always go with your ISP's gateway and directly to the orbi router, then hardwire in the satellites. Thats how i run mine.
https://kb.netgear.com/000065169/Which-Orbi-routers-and-satellites-are-compatible
Or you could just use the current ap's and have them with a separate ssid (and on a different wifi channel) and when your in their area, roam to them manually. A little more work but it only really impacts the devices that roam around. I usually go with a flagship router for devices close to my primary router and then a mesh for the devices at the peripheral.
I was more thinking opf removing one Access point and replace it by the RBK350 router for example. That way, the ethernet cable going out of my ISP router will pllug in the new orbi 350 router. This new router will be set as AP obviously. This should work or is it preferable not to do so, and instead remove the ethernet cable and use a orbi satellite ?
