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Re: Major Firmware 7.2.6.31 issues
I am experiencing the same situation as you are on my RBR853. I am thinking of downloading 7.2.6.21 as I am out of ideas. (I was originally still on 4.x version, then upgraded a few weeks ago to 7.2...
Thanks FURRYe38
My provider modem / router is a Bell Homehub 4000, which is really a Sagemcom Gigahub. As it is a router as well, Orbi is setup to use PPPoE passthrough, and gets it's own external IP address. I have disabled the 2.4 Ghz channel on the Bell Modem, and left the 5Ghz open for wireless access. I might change this to leaving only the 6Ghz channel open, as my phone works with it and then this will reduce interference in the 5Ghz space as well.
My home is roughly 2400 Sq. Ft over two floors and the basement is another 1200 Sq. Ft. I have played a bit with the location of the basement Satellite. It claims to have a good backhaul connection. I may run an ethernet run to it regardless.
Channel 3 was the 'auto' channel. I'll set it at Channel 1. I already have moved the 5Ghz channel to 48 as it seemed like a better channel.
I have dabbled with the IoT channel, but not currently using it. I just disabled it. I will let it run like this for a bit to see if there are any improvements.
Out of curiosity, The spikes that I saw on the netspot signal graph... is this normal?
Redlow wrote:
I might change this to leaving only the 6Ghz channel open, as my phone works with it and then this will reduce interference in the 5Ghz space as well.
An interesting idea, as the Orbi 850 series does not support 6GHz WiFi (WiFi6E) Would be fascinating to hear how the phone handles roaming between the Bell WiFi and Orbi WiFi.
CrimpOn It seems to stick to the Orbi connection unless I manually select the Bell 6Ghz connection. I haven't seen it jump to Bell, even when I am standing next to the Bell Router. It could be the adaptive Wifi Selection in Android... maybe if I were spending more time near it, it would change. So far, not a seamless switch. I suppose that may be a good thing.