Re:Hidden Networks in TP-Link Routers
by ceejayoz on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @09:26PM
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No clue. Very possible it's specific to the Orbi, or possibly the spots in our house the Oculus and LG washer/dryer are located - perhaps the signal strength is just iffy enough they hop between the two frequencies sometimes. A full restart of the devices helps, but usually only for 15-30 mins.
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Re:Hidden Networks in TP-Link Routers
by icebergonfire on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @02:33AM
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> A full restart of the devices helps, but usually only for 15-30 mins.
This rings a bell. Do you have an Orbi mesh by any chance? I used to experience this with specific cheap IoT devices that were constantly hopping to different Orbi satellites.
There is an option somewhere in the UI to bind a device to one specific access point, and you can tag a device as IoT or smart speakers which (based on feeling) seems to change the steering heuristics to something that stops this from happening.
Re:Hidden Networks in TP-Link Routers
by ceejayoz on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @08:50AM
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Yeah, we use the Orbi mesh network, but they don't mind hopping between satellites if 2.4 and 5 are split. Given the way my kids move the Oculus around a lot between rooms, being able to hop is important.