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Orbi Wifi Issues yet again
I have yet again got issues with my Orbi - i seem to have them on a constant basis and i have no idea why? I am running 1 x RBR50 in router mode and 2 x satelites. I have to regularly re-start th...
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I would consider removing one of your satellites. We have a 2700sqft house and I bought an Orbi 20 with 2 satellites a couple of months ago. I began the installation with the latest FW V2.5.1.16 and noticed wifi drop outs beginning almost right away. Very annoying and detrimental to those of us needing good performance working from home. I did research and tried all sorts of setting changes but with no luck. What I did that has seemed to resolve the problem, at least for the past few weeks and counting, was to remove one of the satellites from the system. The satellite was not defective, but perhaps contributed to over-saturation (at least I guess that is what was happening). Anyway, after removing one of the satellites (its actually still there just powered off), the home wifi has been a solid performer.
Also, I have several (9) Sonos units which have no issue at all with the Orbi which I run in AP mode by the way. I don’t use the router functions.
Good luck with your wifi issues but I’d try removing a satellite and see if that helps any. Oh, I also turned down the wifi transmission strength on my RBR20 to prevent over-kill. I am using 75% on both 2.4 and 5 GHz. YMMV