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How to tell signal strength between router and satellite? (other than lights)
Hi, besides looking at the color of the light on the top of the Orbi, is there something in the web admin app which will show me how strong the signal is between the router and the satellite? I am g...
As orbi using another 5GHZ as backhaul, why it still shows the signal strenth of recived 2.4G and 5G, it should not receive 2.5G and 5G and amplify it if it is mesh network. quite confused.
If you enalbe telnet on the router (http://routerip/debug.htm) you can run satelliteinfo wifi and it will show you stats like the following, the backhaul phytxrate and backhaul phyrxrate are what you want to look at.
root@RBR50:/# satelliteinfo wifi
[
{
"mac address" : "9C:3D:CF:15:1D:5D",
"hop" : "1",
"bridge mac" : "9C:3D:CF:15:1D:5D",
"backhaul conntype" : "5GHz",
"backhaul rssi" : "-72",
"backhaul macaddress" : "",
"backhaul phytxrate" : "585",
"backhaul phyrxrate" : "520",
"backhaul parentmac" : "00:00:00:00:00:00"
},
{
"mac address" : "8C:3B:AD:13:1B:C9",
"hop" : "0",
"bridge mac" : "",
"backhaul conntype" : "wired",
"backhaul rssi" : "-97",
"backhaul macaddress" : "8C:3B:AD:13:1B:C9",
"backhaul phytxrate" : "0",
"backhaul phyrxrate" : "0",
"backhaul parentmac" : "8C:3B:AD:13:0C:56"
},
{
"mac address" : "B0:B9:8A:6A:5E:33",
"hop" : "0",
"bridge mac" : "",
"backhaul conntype" : "wired",
"backhaul rssi" : "-97",
"backhaul macaddress" : "B0:B9:8A:6A:5E:33",
"backhaul phytxrate" : "0",
"backhaul phyrxrate" : "0",
"backhaul parentmac" : "00:00:00:00:00:00"
}
]
I have Telnet the Router and below is the result. still dont understand why Orbi use special 5GHZ as backhaul but on the satellite page shows 5GHZ amplifing weakly.
Joechang wrote:I have Telnet the Router and below is the result. still dont understand why Orbi use special 5GHZ as backhaul but on the satellite page shows 5GHZ amplifing weakly.
Joechang keep in mind that compared to 2.4 GHz, the 5 GHz signal does not have as good range or wall penetration due to the shorter radio wavelength. So, depending on where your satellite is placed, it is very possible that the 2.4 signal will be much stronger than the 5 GHz. You might want to try moving your satellite to a slightly different location to see if it gets a better signal with the router.
guzzijason Hey thanks for your reply. I totally agree what you said but its didnt solve my question.
pls refer below photo which explain the mechanism of Orbi. between Router and Satellite a special dedicated 5.0GHz(Quad Stream lets name this 5GHz as 5GHz-D for better clarification) is used for backhaul. Compare with Ex7300/6150 its totally different design. Ex7300 use same 2.4GHz and 5GHz to receive signal from router and amplify it.
thats what i am so confused. Why my Orbi satellite still receive 2.5GHz and 5GHz from Router, not using 5GHz-D as connection between Router and Satellite.