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RBR850 for separate IOT network
just wondering since the orbi 6E has an option for a separate IOT network, will you roll out the same function for orbi 6 as well? I have at the moment around 10 iot devices connected and total 20 de...
I believe in this case HW is a factor. There are 4 separate radios on the 9 series, one of them is dedicated to the IoT or a 2.4Ghz only netowork. Some Orbi AX systems don't have.
I count four radios:
1 - 2.4G user facing (and redundancy for backhaul)
2 - 5G user facing
3 - 5G backhaul
4 - 6E user facing
One thing that surprised me was using 5G for backhaul when 6E has so many channels with higher capacity and less interference. The reviews I read seem to indicate that the reduced range of 6E is one factor that kept Netgear from using it for backhaul. (Plus, of course, that they already had backhaul working for the AX series on 5G. Why reinvent a wheel that works worse!)
There was a power reduction on the 6Ghz frequency that is even less than 5Ghz from what I saw and heard.
We can't get auto updates to be a user option let alone separate SSIDs. Were trying to get mixed WPA2 and WPA3 back. Hoping that can be done for Orbi AX systems. NG I presume won't be doing anything beyond whats supported. And again, IoT does work on current Orbi AX systems. It's still a IoT mfr software design issue. NG just helped them out with implementing something separate on the 9 series.
FURRYe38 wrote:
There was a power reduction on the 6Ghz frequency that is even less than 5Ghz from what I saw and heard.
Exactly correct.... and not all that easy to find. Maximum transmit power for (non point to point links) is:
- 2.4G band: 36dB
- 5G band: 36dB
- 6G band: 30dB for access points and 24dB for user devices.
Not only does 6G suffer more from penetrating building materials, it has less maximum power as well.
Thanks for remembering that nugget of information.
Thats the nature of the beast as well 5 and 6Ghz will be impacted by building materials. The high the frequency the worst it can be effected by building materials. :smileywink: