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RBR850 Satellite Issues
Hi, I am struggling with my Netgear RBR850. I would be very grateful if anyone was able to help. My ideal set up is as follows: -Router (and broadband modem connected via ethernet) in my sittin...
A satellite will prefer a 'wired' connection every time over a WiFi connection. The satellite has no concept of anything 'beyond' that first link.
I would disconnect the Ethernet cable connecting the two satellites.
p.s. If this was an older building with wooden floors and open basement, then drilling between basement and ground floor is almost trivial.
Thank you, have just upgraded to the 970 and it’s very impressive. Are there any guides or apps around how to tune WiFi and choose the right channel? Thank you
The Orbi 'app' will help select the best 2.4G WiFi channel (where most of the interference problems are). I have mixed feelings about picking the 2.4G channel because my impression is that every WiFi system near to you is constantly scanning the WiFi space and adjusting their channel selection. If you pick Channel 6 because absolutely no other system is using it, tomorrow you may find that a dozen nearby WiFi systems are blasting away on Channel 6.
For 5G, the 970 product uses the same bands as all other mesh routers. Orbi routers combine the frequencies from 5.170GHz to 5.250GHz to produce one 80Mhz wide transmission channel for maximum data capacity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels#5_GHz_(802.11a/h/n/ac/ax)
What the user can affect is which of the channels is used for management traffic (beacon frames, association frames, probes, etc.)
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/802.11_frame_types#Types_and_subtypes Management frames are sent using only one channel at the lowest speed possible (so that every device can send/receive them). If a user scanned the nearby systems and found that most systems were using the same channel, then picking a different channel might improve performance a tiny bit. No idea if it would even be detectable.
Thank you very much