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snoopyy
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Aug 28, 2024
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RBR350 with 2 RBS350 I have one of the RBS350'S connected via wired backhaul and other is wireless

I've been trying to fix the issue of not having prominent strong speeds around the whole house which it has kind of struggled with in the past getting only around 120 mbps into the lounge whilst conn...
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    snoopyy
    Aug 28, 2024

    I appreciate the help guys (FURRYe38, CrimpOn), and thank you for clarifying that CrimpOn much appreciated, I think I'm going to stick to this setup as I didn't see any difference in speed in the master bedroom with it wired or wireless but it effected my office ofc as I'm wired to the satellite and it dropped the speed from 950 to 290 once on wireless so unless I'm able to wire all 3 I'm just going to leave them as they are now which is the old setup with the channel switched and the positions slightly changed to make it sufficient 

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CrimpOn
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Aug 28, 2024
snoopyy wrote:

I seem to not be able to change my 5Ghz channel for some reason it's greyed and and appears locked or something

The RBR350 product is a "dual band" product (obviously designed to cost less to manufacture and this able to sell at a lower price point).  The single 5G WiFi radio is used both for communication between User devices and the system and also for communication between router and satellites.  It cannot be changed.

From page 128 of the user manual:

https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/RBK352/RBK352_RBK353_UM_EN.pdf 

In WiFi, it is up to the user device to decide which WiFi access point to use, both which to connect with first and which to change to.  This seems pretty clear that the iPhone has decided there is no benefit from switching from the bedroom satellite to the router.

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snoopyy
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Aug 28, 2024

I appreciate the help guys (FURRYe38, CrimpOn), and thank you for clarifying that CrimpOn much appreciated, I think I'm going to stick to this setup as I didn't see any difference in speed in the master bedroom with it wired or wireless but it effected my office ofc as I'm wired to the satellite and it dropped the speed from 950 to 290 once on wireless so unless I'm able to wire all 3 I'm just going to leave them as they are now which is the old setup with the channel switched and the positions slightly changed to make it sufficient