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mwhaley99
Jul 11, 2018Aspirant
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.
- mwhaley99Aspirant
v2.1.4.16
iOS 11.4
I made the changes you suggested and will see how it goes. Thanks.
:smileywink:
- mwhaley99AspirantThe 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.
- mwhaley99Aspirant
None of the changes have made a difference in battery usage.
Is IPv6 enabled on the router by chance?
- mwhaley99Aspirant
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)
- mwhaley99Aspirant
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