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Can you force a device to the router or one of the satellites?
So, I own the RBR50 Mesh system with two satellite. I had to move one of the satellites from the basement to my garage(ORBI 2) for better coverage. I noticed that every device is either connected t...
What is the distance between the router and satellite(s)? 30 feet is recommended in between RBR and RBS to begin with depending upon building materials when wirelessly connected. https://kb.netgear.com/000036466/How-far-should-I-place-my-Orbi-satellite-from-my-Orbi-router
What channels are you using? Auto? Try setting manual channel 1, 6 or 11 on 2.4Ghz and any unused channel on 5Ghz.
Any Wifi Neighbors near by? If so, how many?
Try enabling Beamforming and MIMO(MIMO may or maynot be needed) and WMM. Turn down the power output onf the RBR from 100% to say 50%. This will help with where devices connect too. Under Advanced Tab/Advanced Settings/Wireless Settings
It's up to device to pick and choose on where to connect, not Orbi.
Try disabling the following and see:
Armor, Circle, Daisy Chain, Fast Roaming, IPv6 and Set 20/40Mhz Coexistence to 40Mhz only. Save settings and reboot the router and satellite(s).
sandman512 wrote:So, I own the RBR50 Mesh system with two satellite. I had to move one of the satellites from the basement to my garage(ORBI 2) for better coverage. I noticed that every device is either connected to the router or the ORBI . I am assuming that when I took ORBI 2 from the basement and moved it to the garage everyting found another connection. So, my question is is there a way to "force" a device to a connect to the router or the satellites? Thanks you!
Essentially it is up to the device to determine which access point it wants to connect to. The access points do not determine that. The access points essentially just say "I am here". The device has the logic to determine if and when to switch to another available access point. So even if the device is closer to a given access point, however, the signal to its existing connection has not dropped to a certain threshold, the device will maintain that connection to the farther access point.
