First off is there a way to separate the 2.4 and 5 ghz?i am able to separate the 6ghz.also the 5ghz channels are limited to 36 through 48, which are very congested in my area, does orbi have access to the higher 5ghz channels?

madger wrote: First off is there a way to separate the 2.4 and 5 ghz? If by "separate the 2.4G and 5G" you mean assign different WiFi SSIDs to them, then no. Orbi routers do not support this. madger wrote: 5ghz channels are limited to 36 through 48, which are very congested in my area, does orbi have access to the higher 5ghz channels? There are only two 80MHz wide groups of 5G channels available in North America, 36-48 and 149-161. Orbis use the lower frequency for user facing channels and the upper group for the connection between router and satellites ("backhaul"). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels And, yes. that group of channels is extremely congested. As a point of interest, selecting a specific 5G channel means that the Management Frames used by the router will be on that single 20MHz wide channel. The router still uses channels 36-48 if they are open in order to maximize transmission speed.

If you have a area thats is congested with nieghboring wifi, try turning down the power output of the RBRs wifi radios from 100% to 50% and see if this changes anything. Under Advanced Tab/Advanced Settings/Wireless Settings What is the size of your home? Sq Ft? What is the distance between the router and 📡 satellite(s)? 30 feet or more is recommended in between RBR and RBS📡 to begin with depending upon building materials when wirelessly connected.

My house is 1700, main router is centered, the satellites are at opposite ends of the house, 30ft each from main at least also through a couple of walls, the system works great, coverage is great, im just used to nighthawk routers. i changed from a raxe500 to this this orbi mainly for the 10gig input.

Well if its working...just be aware that for that size of home you only need the RBR and 1 RBS. You may be over saturating your home with too much wifi: https://youtu.be/UR0viMLISz4 YOu might turn down the power to 25% for that size of home and the two RBS running. You 10Gb from your ISP? FYI, ALL orbi systems have limited configurable channels on 5Ghz. Reason is that the wireless backhawk uses the upper channels which are designed to be used by the system only. So not user configurable. How NG designed it. Even when ethernet connected to the RBS.

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CrimpOn
Guru
Nov 27, 2022
madger wrote:

First off is there a way to separate the 2.4 and 5 ghz?

If by "separate the 2.4G and 5G" you mean assign different WiFi SSIDs to them, then no. Orbi routers do not support this.

madger wrote:

5ghz channels are limited to 36 through 48, which are very congested in my area, does orbi have access to the higher 5ghz channels?

There are only two 80MHz wide groups of 5G channels available in North America, 36-48 and 149-161. Orbis use the lower frequency for user facing channels and the upper group for the connection between router and satellites ("backhaul").

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels

And, yes. that group of channels is extremely congested.

As a point of interest, selecting a specific 5G channel means that the Management Frames used by the router will be on that single 20MHz wide channel. The router still uses channels 36-48 if they are open in order to maximize transmission speed.
- madger
  Tutor
  Nov 27, 2022
  Thank you.
  - FURRYe38
    Guru
    Nov 27, 2022
    If you have a area thats is congested with nieghboring wifi, try turning down the power output of the RBRs wifi radios from 100% to 50% and see if this changes anything. Under Advanced Tab/Advanced Settings/Wireless Settings
    
    What is the size of your home? Sq Ft?
    What is the distance between the router and 📡 satellite(s)? 30 feet or more is recommended in between RBR and RBS📡 to begin with depending upon building materials when wirelessly connected.

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