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RBK852 is giving me high latency/delays during video conference (coming from Google Wi-Fi)
I recently switched to an RBK852 system from Google Wi-Fi because of various speed and coverage issues. The Orbi system blew my mind: 3x speed improvement, full coverage, fewer satellites. Everythin...
- House is about 2000 sq ft. Big open atrium with windows in the center. The distance between the R and S is about 30ft.
- IoT has about 12 non-wifi hue lights (connected to a bridge wired into the switch). No outlet switches. 5 sonos speakers. A bunch of 5 google home speakers, a few nest hubs.
In the diagram below I show the two Orbi devices and where the Mac is. (but I tested in various areas with the same performance)
One thing I wonder is if other people have the same looking Google Meet graph and they don't have problems. (even if I see different graph results on Google Wi-Fi vs Orbi)
I would try this to test. Change the SSID name or change the PW to something different so that it disconnects all wireless from the system. Turn OFF the RBS. With the one wireless PC check your app again.
For that size of home and distance, I would turn down the power transmit on the RBR from 100% to 50% as well. Under Advanced Tab/Advanced Settings/Wireless Settings
Funny, I was also thinking about trying the SSID name change (!). I'll be able to experiment later when I return home, but here is my list.
- Isolate the computer to a separate SSID with only the RBR powered on. Test.
- Turn down the power transmit of that RBR. Test.
- Analyze Wi-Fi channels for congestion (looks like inSSIDer has a Mac app in beta), try switching 2.4/5GHz to cleaner channels. Test.
Should I still do #3 and if so, if #1 and #2 don't show improvement, should I keep everything in the isolated environment (from #1)?
Yes try changing channels, try 1 and 40 first...
leoport wrote:
Funny, I was also thinking about trying the SSID name change (!). I'll be able to experiment later when I return home, but here is my list.
- Isolate the computer to a separate SSID with only the RBR powered on. Test.
- Turn down the power transmit of that RBR. Test.
- Analyze Wi-Fi channels for congestion (looks like inSSIDer has a Mac app in beta), try switching 2.4/5GHz to cleaner channels. Test.
Should I still do #3 and if so, if #1 and #2 don't show improvement, should I keep everything in the isolated environment (from #1)?