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markfMK's avatar
markfMK
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May 14, 2022

RBRE960 IoT Network Slow

hi,  I’ve had the RBRE960 for a few weeks and getting amazing speeds from the main network. However, I’m having problems with the IOT network, both in terms of speed and the fact that it keeps droppi...
markfMK's avatar
markfMK
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May 14, 2022
Agreed on the speed part. It’s more on its stability compared to the main network
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Mikey94025
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May 14, 2022
markfMK wrote:
Agreed on the speed part. It’s more on its stability compared to the main network

How is your IoT's instability exhibiting itself?  I have intermittent issues where after a few days or a week, my IoT network seems to stop accepting connections.  I can see it in my iPhone but trying to connect tells me that my password is incorrect.  I have to restart my Orbi to get the IoT networking working again, but eventually it happens again.

 

I engaged Netgear support earlier this year for this issue but we didn't get anywhere, I couldn't reproduce it at will, and it didn't happen during the support engagement so I let them close the ticket.  I've not bothered to engage with them again since it remain intermittent and I can restart the Orbi weekly.

 

  • CrimpOn's avatar
    CrimpOn
    Guru - Experienced User
    May 14, 2022

    There is only one set of 2.4G radio and antennas.  All that is different is Netgear has added a third 2.4G SSID (primary, guest, IoT).  The only way that the IoT network would have slower speeds is if the SSID broadcast was modified to advertise only slower speeds.  It is not trivial to capture WiFi broadcast packets, so this is not easy to verify.  (If I had a 960, I would know in an hour..... but I don't)

     

    Devices connected to the primary or guest networks at 2.4G exhibit different "Link Rates" than those connected to the IoT network?

     

    As for the WiFi network 'disappearing', is that all of the 2.4G WiFi networks, or only the IoT?

    • Mikey94025's avatar
      Mikey94025
      Hero
      May 14, 2022
      CrimpOn wrote:

      There is only one set of 2.4G radio and antennas.  All that is different is Netgear has added a third 2.4G SSID (primary, guest, IoT).

      Good point.  I didn't realize that while the AXE has an extra 5Ghz radio, I think for IoT, it still only has one 2.4Ghz radio.

       Simultaneous quad-band WiFi
 - Radio 1: IEEE® 802.11b/g/n/ax 2.4GHz — 1024-QAM support
 - Radio 2: IEEE® 802.11a/n/ac/ax 5GHz — 1024-QAM support
 - Radio 3: IEEE® 802.11a/n/ac/ax 5GHz — 1024-QAM support
 - Radio 4: IEEE® 802.11a/n/ac/ax 6GHz — 1024-QAM support