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Does my plug in orbi extend the range off the router or the other satellite?
I bought the orbi plug in to extend the range in my house. Does it extend off the router or the other satellite? Also it lists the devises on each satellite but the signal strength is low on the devic...
We have about 5000. The router is in the basement with the first satellite on the main floor. So way more than 30 feet! The plug in is on the 3rd floor in the master again more than 30 feet. All my devices with the exception of the tv in the basement and the tv on the main floor are connected to the first satellite. Nothing is connected to the plug in in the bedroom except my wifes cell phone! I cant figure out why the master tv and google mini and any other devices wouldn’t be pulling off the plug in to have a stronger faster signal.
Jason_tburgess wrote:
We have about 5000. The router is in the basement with the first satellite on the main floor. So way more than 30 feet! The plug in is on the 3rd floor in the master again more than 30 feet. All my devices with the exception of the tv in the basement and the tv on the main floor are connected to the first satellite. Nothing is connected to the plug in in the bedroom except my wifes cell phone! I cant figure out why the master tv and google mini and any other devices wouldn’t be pulling off the plug in to have a stronger faster signal.
- Please make a wifi scan while your are in the vicinity of the Plug-in Satellite:
- See that thePlug-in Satellite is broadcasting 2.4 and 5 GHz band networks.
- Please also the relative power received from those networks compared to that received from the other satellites.
- Are there other networks using the same channels as the ones broadcasted by the satellite and note the relative power of those.
- What type of devices are those that prefer to connect to the remote satellite over the close Plug-in Satellite? Please also note to which band do the devices connect to in the remote satellite.
- Is there an overlap of the radio range between the satellites in your setup? Overlap between the satellites facilitate roaming between them.
- When you switch of the device and switch it on when you'r on the vicinity of the Plug-in Satellite, will it also connect to the remote satellite/router?
- There are some devices that always stick to the satellite that they connect to the first time, but newer devices will then switch to the AP with better signal.