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H-L
Aug 03, 2026Tutor
The phone keeps telling me the wifi is poor quality and switching back to mobile data
I have The same issue with my Google Pixel android phone. The phone keeps telling me the wifi is poor quality and switching back to mobile data, even though the wifi strength is showing strong on t...
H-L
Aug 11, 2026Tutor
Phones Do support 6ghz but devices they connect to do not and I wanted them on same network. 6ghz seems to want to be another side, like iot.
Web interface shows backhauls are good.
Internet speed tests are showing ~500mb/s.
It seems to me to be sticky connection to satellites, with slow handoff between satellites as I move around the house.
If I go through the check you want what am I looking for? It's a long time gathering information - I need to know specially what I am looking for.
At the end of the day it's a consumer product and I expect it to work as advertised. As I said, it seemed to be fine for the first year or two. It doesn't look like it is a problem unique to me and I don't see resolution on the other cases. I was hoping it was a known issue with a known fix.
StephenB
Aug 11, 2026Guru - Experienced User
H-L wrote:6ghz seems to want to be another side, like iot.
Orbi's main network should have 2.4, 5, and 6 ghz radios on the same SSID.