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mwhaley99
Aspirant
Jul 11, 2018

Battery drain on my iOS devices

I noticed that my iOS iPhone's/iPad's battery drains MUCH faster when I am at home on my home Orbi wifi network.

 

I thought it may have been an issue with my previous house (walls, interference etc) that may have caused it, but just moved to a new home and it's doing the same thing. I dont have good cell phone signal, but I use cellular wifi connection for that at home.

 

I have similiar cellular signal issues at my work office, but the battery will take 7hrs to drop 20%

 

At home it will drop down 60% in the same amount of time.

 

Ideas ?

11 Replies

  • What FW version are you using?

    What iOS versions are you using?

     

    Try setting a IP address reservation for your devices on the router.

    Try using manual channels 1, 6 or 11 on 2.4Ghz.

    Disable MIMO, Daisy Chain and Fast Roaming on the router, apply settings and reboot.

     

     

     

    • mwhaley99's avatar
      mwhaley99
      Aspirant

      v2.1.4.16

      iOS 11.4

       

      I made the changes you suggested and will see how it goes. Thanks.

    • mwhaley99's avatar
      mwhaley99
      Aspirant
      The changes I did made no difference to my devices battery drain.
  • Try this:

    Advanced Wireless Settings both 2.4GHz and 5GHz changed CTS/RTS Threshold to 2307.

     

    DarrenM

    • mwhaley99's avatar
      mwhaley99
      Aspirant

      None of the changes have made a difference in battery usage.

    • mwhaley99's avatar
      mwhaley99
      Aspirant

      No it is not enabled. The Orbi is running as an access point connected to my isp's router (IPv6 is not enabled on it and the routers wifi is turned off)

  • I would make contact with NG support and see if there is any more help and information regarding this. Something is going on here.

    Blanca_O

    DarrenM