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Force use of 2.4ghz
I am using the EX8000 to reach a summerhouse in the garden some 80 yards away. If my android phone or windows laptop are on 2.4ghz the signal reaches fine. But, they default to connecting using 5ghz a...
Aitku wrote:
I am using the EX8000 to reach a summerhouse in the garden some 80 yards away. If my android phone or windows laptop are on 2.4ghz the signal reaches fine. But, they default to connecting using 5ghz and that doesn't reach yet they don't seem to automatically switch to 2.4ghz. What's the best and easiest way to switch them to 2.4ghz so I get a reliable signal there please?Do I understand correctly that the summerhouse is 80 yards away from the EX8000?
(i.e. the EX8000 is not located in the summerhouse)
My phone often does not switch automatically so I open the phone Network controls, turn WiFi off and back on again, and it connects.
Can you try that?
alokeprasad wrote:Which one of these approaches does the Orbi use?
Oh, I have no idea. I have looked at the WiFi management frames and see that the Orbi sends out broadcasts every 100ms (which I think is standard). Orbi implements the Fast Forwarding standard, which reduces the need for devices to reauthenticate when they change nodes.
The bottom line remains that the device makes decisions on changing.
This appears to be the reason that some devices stick to an Orbi node that most people find incorrect. Network software in devices that are expected to move around are programmed to keep searching and comparing. Devices that are expected to remain in one place often seem to connect to the first WiFi SSID that appears and quit looking. Drives people nuts. After a power outage, for example, often the router WiFi comes up first and devices connect to it and are no longer looking when a nearby satellite syncs with the router and begins broadcasting the same SSID.
Bingo!
One strategy for fixed devices (desktops, security cams, entertainment systems) would be to shut off client devices until all satellites are up and running, power-on the devices, make it "forget" the Orbi network, re-discover the Orbi network. It will involve re-entering the passwords, but hopefully this will net need to be done very often.
Or will be required (forget and re-discover the Orbi network) only for "mis-connected" devices.
CrimpOn wrote:
This appears to be the reason that some devices stick to an Orbi node that most people find incorrect. Network software in devices that are expected to move around are programmed to keep searching and comparing. Devices that are expected to remain in one place often seem to connect to the first WiFi SSID that appears and quit looking. Drives people nuts. After a power outage, for example, often the router WiFi comes up first and devices connect to it and are no longer looking when a nearby satellite syncs with the router and begins broadcasting the same SSID.