Changing Orbi Region

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Hi,I have searched for a way to change the region from US to Europe. Here it is:&nbsp;1) Enable telnet on router and satelite by enabling telnet on web management&nbsp;&nbsp;e.g. 192.168.1.x/debug.htm&nbsp;2) Look at the&nbsp;instructions in this link (orbi has&nbsp;Atheros chip, it explains how to change it to russia, buy you can change to any region, play with the artmtd command, use help if needed):&nbsp;http://developers-club.com/posts/195058/&nbsp;Done!!!&nbsp;

superczar · Answer

Thanks for the tip.
I was looking for a way to change my region to NA to have at least a reasonable amount of power on the 5ghz band (my backhaul was at 20dbm leading to very poor backhaul speeds even at 20 feet and 1 wall-the satellite would switch over to 2.4ghz )
This is what worked for me:
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a) telnet and verify region -&gt;
artmtd -r region
should return current region
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b) change region to NA
artmtd -w region NA
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verify new region via (a) above
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This alone does not change all the region settings, specifically the radio power as validated by "iwlist txpower" which remained the same even after the region change
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I subsequently did a 30/30/30 reset followed by a regular reset
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After this, I had to re-setup the device&nbsp;
Post this, iwlist txpower showed me the expected power settings&nbsp;
The backhaul is now 500mbps+ and the 5ghz radio range is significantly improved

KipiYI · Answer

Thanks for the info.
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By the way, you can also set it to region free (WW).
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Changing Orbi Region