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New Orbi Setup now no disconnects on iPad and other devices
I have just installed a new orbi setup with router and 1 x satellite. I struggled for 2 days trying to work out why some devices iPad 2 and an Android Phone were disconnecting on a very regular basis. Eventually I reduced the 2.4ghz band transmit power to 25%, this has fixed all of the disconnects. 5.0ghz is set to 100%. Also currently beam forming and mu-mimo are turned off. Previously I was using an Asus router with dual band wifi, but the bands had different SSIDs. I think the fact that the Orbi has a single SSID is causing some devices to disconnect due to the competing signals. I am very familiar with wifi systems having installed simple access points and enterprise wide systems at our customers, and my reason for using Orbi was to look at a possible new solution for our customers.