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How to tell signal strength between router and satellite? (other than lights)
Hi, besides looking at the color of the light on the top of the Orbi, is there something in the web admin app which will show me how strong the signal is between the router and the satellite? I am g...
I have Telnet the Router and below is the result. still dont understand why Orbi use special 5GHZ as backhaul but on the satellite page shows 5GHZ amplifing weakly.
Joechang wrote:
I have Telnet the Router and below is the result. still dont understand why Orbi use special 5GHZ as backhaul but on the satellite page shows 5GHZ amplifing weakly.
Joechang keep in mind that compared to 2.4 GHz, the 5 GHz signal does not have as good range or wall penetration due to the shorter radio wavelength. So, depending on where your satellite is placed, it is very possible that the 2.4 signal will be much stronger than the 5 GHz. You might want to try moving your satellite to a slightly different location to see if it gets a better signal with the router.
guzzijason Hey thanks for your reply. I totally agree what you said but its didnt solve my question.
pls refer below photo which explain the mechanism of Orbi. between Router and Satellite a special dedicated 5.0GHz(Quad Stream lets name this 5GHz as 5GHz-D for better clarification) is used for backhaul. Compare with Ex7300/6150 its totally different design. Ex7300 use same 2.4GHz and 5GHz to receive signal from router and amplify it.
thats what i am so confused. Why my Orbi satellite still receive 2.5GHz and 5GHz from Router, not using 5GHz-D as connection between Router and Satellite.
After checking the HTMLcode, I think what i said was right, there must be some problem with the satellite signal page design or Orbi cheat customer? There shows no 5GHz-D backhaul for connection between Router and Satellite. Satellite still use traditional 2.5GHz and 5GHz for R&T
My understanding is that the backaul does have both 5 GHz and 2.4 Ghz connections, but the satellites will prefer 5 GHz whenever possible. If signal is not strong enough, the backhaul between router and satellite will fail over to 2.4 GHz.
Similarly, if you have wired backhaul, this will be preferred, and the satellite will only switch to 5 or (2.4 GHz) WiFi backhaul as a failover mechanism.