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Force Satellite To Specific Device
My orbi has been great, however I am experiencing frequent mini dropouts in signal. My phone and xbox drop for a few seconds and reconnect automatically. I have discovered that it frequently connects...
What is the size of your home? Sq Ft?
What is the distance between the router and satellite(s)? 30 feet is recommended in between them to begin with depending upon building materials.
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 disabling the following and see:
MIMO, Daisy Chain, Fast Roaming, IPv6 and Set 20/40Mhz Coexistence to 40Mhz only. Save settings and reboot the router and satellite(s).
I’m going to look into some of these suggestions..
I just got a rbk20 kit (1 router & 2 sats), my house is 2000sqft single family, my outdoor wifi cams(1 on each corner -4total) are 2.4/5ghz WiFi... They keep connecting to the router in middle of home instead of the 2 sats on each opposite side of house. My orbi setup is default settings (daisy, mimmo, etc all enabled), most recent FW, and layout is (Sat, Router, sat) with about 30-50ft from each other, with the middle being the router. I know a 6k sqft system is overkill, but my outdoor cameras struggled to connect with my R7000. so I thought an Orbi would help me... now I’m struggling with the Cameras connecting to the middle (router), instead of the satalites right next to the cameras! :(
I just got a rbk20 kit (1 router & 2 sats), my house is 2000sqft single family, my outdoor wifi cams(1 on each corner -4total) are 2.4/5ghz WiFi... They keep connecting to the router in middle of home instead of the 2 sats on each opposite side of house. My orbi setup is default settings (daisy, mimmo, etc all enabled), most recent FW, and layout is (Sat, Router, sat) with about 30-50ft from each other, with the middle being the router. I know a 6k sqft system is overkill, but my outdoor cameras struggled to connect with my R7000. so I thought an Orbi would help me... now I’m struggling with the Cameras connecting to the middle (router), instead of the satalites right next to the cameras! :(
Alot of signal handling is done at the camera as well. It all depend on what they are set up and configured for in handling wifi signals.
What you might try is to reduce the power levels on the router from 100% to say 75 or 50% and see if the cameras connect differently. This may impact signals between the router and satellites as well.
Adrian97c wrote:
I’m going to look into some of these suggestions..
I just got a rbk20 kit (1 router & 2 sats), my house is 2000sqft single family, my outdoor wifi cams(1 on each corner -4total) are 2.4/5ghz WiFi... They keep connecting to the router in middle of home instead of the 2 sats on each opposite side of house. My orbi setup is default settings (daisy, mimmo, etc all enabled), most recent FW, and layout is (Sat, Router, sat) with about 30-50ft from each other, with the middle being the router. I know a 6k sqft system is overkill, but my outdoor cameras struggled to connect with my R7000. so I thought an Orbi would help me... now I’m struggling with the Cameras connecting to the middle (router), instead of the satalites right next to the cameras! :(