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RBE771 Need to Connect Device to a specific satellite
I have a RBE771 with 2 satellites. My Ring doorbell is connecting with the Router on the IOT 2.4 network. Unfortunately, the Router is farther from the doorbell than one of the satellites, and often s...
Customers have asked for a method to force devices to connect to a specific WiFi unit for at least 7 years. There simply is not a way to do it. (I would be fascinated to see a reference to any other mesh WiFi system that provides this feature. i.e. Amazon eero, Asus, Linksys, TP-Link, Ubiquiti, etc.)
CrimpOn wrote:Customers have asked for a method to force devices to connect to a specific WiFi unit for at least 7 years. There simply is not a way to do it. (I would be fascinated to see a reference to any other mesh WiFi system that provides this feature. i.e. Amazon eero, Asus, Linksys, TP-Link, Ubiquiti, etc.)
Umm ... some models of the TP-Link Deco range provide this. I've used it on the BE85 (I think it's available for the XE75 models too but don't remember seeing it since I wasn't looking for it at the time). It does say it isn't guaranteed to connect to the selected node although I haven't seen it not do so. It's available for several models and is apparently coming to more. The other thing that is seen there is the ability to turn off mesh functionality which (I believe) just means your saying the device is stationary and doesn't need to migrate to another node.
raven_au wrote:
CrimpOn wrote:
Customers have asked for a method to force devices to connect to a specific WiFi unit for at least 7 years. There simply is not a way to do it. (I would be fascinated to see a reference to any other mesh WiFi system that provides this feature. i.e. Amazon eero, Asus, Linksys, TP-Link, Ubiquiti, etc.)
Umm ... some models of the TP-Link Deco range provide this. I've used it on the BE85.
This is just fabulous! Thanks. Page 18 of the User Guide:
For any given device, define the preferred WiFi unit and preferred WiFi frequency. Puts the user squarely in charge (and also 'responsible'. If the user wants an Echo speaker to connect only to the Living room and then moves it somewhere that has a very poor connection to the Living Room, then (I guess) the connection will simply be 'very poor'
I agree that just because the User Guide says the user can make these settings, "bad things could happen" on occasion, such as when the system comes on-line after a power outage.
Sort of sad that Netgear didn't provide this feature for users to choose to use (or ignore). Ah, well.