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My orbi setup has high latency making online gaming almost impossible. How do I lower latency? My computer shows my latency averaging 158ms.
Fast roaming and Circle are off. Why would I turn off daisy chain since I have the router and 2 satellites? Also why would I disable Armor?
James_Wheelz wrote:
Fast roaming and Circle are off. Why would I turn off daisy chain since I have the router and 2 satellites? Also why would I disable Armor?
Daisy Chain makes it possible for a satellite to connect to the router through another satellite, rather than directly. If the satellites are physically located "around" the router, rather than one satellite being farther from the router in the same general direction as the first satellite, then Daisy Chain won't be used. However, Daisy Chain causes the satellites to create another 5G WiFi channel for the Daisy Chain which is "wasted effort" if it isn't used. Netgear ships Orbi's with Daisy Chain enabled so that customers can add another satellite and it will "just work" no matter how it is physically located.
So, if your two satellites need Daisy Chain, then you have to keep it on. If they do not, there is no harm in turning it off.