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psheld
Tutor
Apr 26, 2022
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The latest Orbi pains

Problem 1. When moving into the part of our house served by one of our two satellites, the wifi connection on my phone is just one of those spinning icons indicating connection is in progress. After...
  • FURRYe38's avatar
    FURRYe38
    Apr 26, 2022

    Try the suggestions mentioned. 

     

    Again, CAT5 will be limiting...

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psheld
Tutor
Apr 26, 2022

Thanks FURRYe38 🙂

 

Problem 1

In this instance, I'm sitting on the sofa and I have a direct line of sight to the router 4.5m away. The satellite backhaul to the router is over CatV.

 

I have only the vaguest idea what this means: "Set 20/40Mhz Coexistence to 40Mhz only. Set CTS to 2347. Set Short preamble instead of Long preamble modes. Save settings and reboot the router and satellite(s). Under Advanced Tab/Advanced Settings/Wireless Settings" But I like a challenge and will find out.

 

Problem 2

As noted, both satellites connect to the router directly over CatV.

Absolutely nothing in between.

Might try and replace with CatVI in future, but not sure that's related to this problem.

 

Problem 3

Currently auto and 48.

 

 

FURRYe38's avatar
FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Apr 26, 2022

Try the suggestions mentioned. 

 

Again, CAT5 will be limiting...

  • psheld's avatar
    psheld
    Tutor
    Sep 05, 2022

    Problem 1

    FURRYe38 wrote:

    "Set 20/40Mhz Coexistence to 40Mhz only. Set CTS to 2347. Set Short preamble instead of Long preamble modes. Save settings and reboot the router and satellite(s). Under Advanced Tab/Advanced Settings/Wireless Settings" 

    I had the option of either "Enable 20/40 MHz Coexistence" or "Enable WMM (Wi-Fi multimedia) settings).
    The former was selected. So I chose the latter.

    The option "Enable WMM (Wi-Fi multimedia) settings" was already selected. The UI included the words "CTS/RTS Threshold (1-2347): Preamble Mode, Transmit Power Control."


    So while these did not map wholly to your guidance, for example no way to set Short Preamble, I saved the change.

     

    Problem 2

    This just stopped of its own accord. No upgrade or anything. It just sorted itself out I guess.

     

    Problem 3

    My laptop now connects over 5MHz. 🙂

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    So right now this seems to have fixed things, thank you FURRYe38.