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RBK753S connection/streaming issues when satellites are connected
I recently setup a brand new Orbi RBK753S mesh wifi system. I followed the steps recommended in the manual for setting the system up. Upon completion of setup everything seemed like it was working. T...
OK let us know how it goes this evening.
k_schnaidt wrote:
ISP equipment I will have to get back to you on as I am not home at the moment. I can tell you that it is a fiber uplinked ONT and the speed I pay for is 1GB up/down. When I test my router connection to the ONT it is consistently 900MB up and about 500-600MB down
House + Garage is about 5000 square feet.
Distance between router and satellite-1 is roughly 30 feet. Router to Satellite-2 is about 40-50feet
I kept the channel settings on default - 2.4=auto 5G=48
There are about 6 other wifi SSID's that I can see from my neighbors. When I get home from work this evening I will factory default and leave Netgear Armour off when I setup again. If I am still experiencing issues I will do the steps below as you recommend:
"Set 20/40Mhz Coexistence to 40Mhz only. Set CTS to 2347. Save settings and reboot the router and satellite(s)."
"try setting manual channel 1, 6 or 11 on 2.4Ghz and 40 to 48 channel on 5Ghz."
Update coming this evening...
I have posted about this in the past.
Honestly, I think the issue is 2.4ghz and 5ghz devices bouncing back and forth.
Some devices are more sensitive to having both.
Again, this is what i think.
My Roku device is older, and stays connected better than the newer chromecast which loses connectivity constantly. AND... it is worse when I have the satellite hooked up. I gave up on that piece of crap months ago. I still have some issues. I plugged it back up recently and it made everything worse. So back to collecting dust again.
I really think if you could have separate SSIDs, this thing would work better.
I am shopping for a new router now, and I can't decide what to get. I bought this setup in Jan of 2021, so return is not possible.
Just curious...have you tried turning off the 5G radio in wifi settings so that all of your devices connect via 2.4? If you did try it what were the results?
You can't turn OFF the 5Ghz radio on Orbi systems. It's always ON.
One can reduce the transmit power. I set mine to 25% since I have two Orbi systems running under 1 house. :smileywink: