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HawaiianJesse
Aug 21, 2020Follower
RBK753 from Costco
I have been having nothing but issues with this mesh setup. I have a typical 2020 smarthome with about 80+ devices (bulbs, FireTV, cameras, speakers, assistants, phones, printer, etc) and even with 1 Fire TV streaming, I see more lag than I did with my Asus Mesh (AC68U) with just one mesh node compared to the 3 Orb nodes. I've read that this mesh network can handle 40 devices (250 max) before you experience slowdowns. What I can't seem to find is this:
Does the RBK750 support OFDMA?
Is it 40 connections PER NODE or total?
Is there a way to have the nodes handoff clients based on signal strength to a particular node?
Where are the finer firewall settings?
Thanks in advance!
Jesse
Does the RBK750 support OFDMA?
Is it 40 connections PER NODE or total?
Is there a way to have the nodes handoff clients based on signal strength to a particular node?
Where are the finer firewall settings?
Thanks in advance!
Jesse
3 Replies
HawaiianJesse wrote:
I have been having nothing but issues with this mesh setup. I have a typical 2020 smarthome with about 80+ devices (bulbs, FireTV, cameras, speakers, assistants, phones, printer, etc) and even with 1 Fire TV streaming, I see more lag than I did with my Asus Mesh (AC68U) with just one mesh node compared to the 3 Orb nodes. I've read that this mesh network can handle 40 devices (250 max) before you experience slowdowns. What I can't seem to find is this:
https://kb.netgear.com/31097/How-many-devices-can-my-Orbi-system-support
Does the RBK750 support OFDMA? No.
Is it 40 connections PER NODE or total? I don't know for sure. There should be a balance however depends on placement of the RBS from the RBR and each other. Wireless clients pick and choose where they connect too. Wifi Mesh doesn't do this.
Is there a way to have the nodes handoff clients based on signal strength to a particular node? No.
Where are the finer firewall settings? No.
Thanks in advance!
Jesse- AniDuttaApprentice
https://kb.netgear.com/000059685/What-is-Orthogonal-Frequency-Division-Multiple-Access
OFDMA is part of Wifi6 standard. I'm guessing the Wifi6 orbi systems has this by default. netgear Can you please confirm?