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phillipsaz
Aspirant
Jan 27, 2025

WiFi 7 and iPhone 16 Pro Max along with wireless backhaul

Having issues with iPhone 16 Max Pro's and iPad Pro's each will intermittently drop WiFi signal & WiFi calling and try to default toward using the cellular network.    My setup is the following:  F...
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phillipsaz
Aspirant
Jan 27, 2025

Yes it is the 970 system Black Edition. I have a 2nd Sat but i don't have it online or powered up. It was overkill for my house. So, I did a Wifi scan on all my wireless networks and the backhaul broadcasts on random channels and I saw it used Channel 6 and Channel 44.  Odd right? I would like to be able to just turn it off since my backhaul is wired..Process of elimination. However, they don't have that capability. 

 

I am not clear on how WiFi 7 works. See the definition:

WiFi 7 operates on the 2.4GHz, 5GHz, and 6GHz radio spectrum bands and doubles the number of MU-MIMO (Multi-User, Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output) streams to 16, enabling WiFi 7 to handle more throughput than its predecessors.

 

I can never get my devices to flip back to Wifi when it drops and tries to go cellular.. It never reconnects, I have waited 5 to 10 min during troubleshooting. Thanks for replying..