Originally Posted by
JakiChan
How is your Wi-Fi configured? Channel width, bands, etc?
Originally Posted by
crackjack
One other thought: does the Orbi run in router mode (as in, does it manage a LAN within the Verizon router’s LAN / its own routing tables)? Or is it running purely as an Access Point or Mesh hub / node?
Does the Orbi have extra LAN ports, would plugging the Apple TV & FIOS box directly into the Orbi allow them to work wired?
(Since they’re close, you might be able to more easily hide those wires.)
If the intent of the person who made the suggestion was to move these two devices off the WiFi connection, that might address what they’re looking for…
(Though personally, I’d first want a full, clear explanation of why this was asked for before doing anything.)
If only I knew. Seriously. I don't and I don't care. When I setup the FIOS router in approx. 2020-2021, I got in to the "Admin" side of things and poked around but didn't do anything other than change the passwords to more complicated ones (to log into the Admin side of the router and to use the FIOS WiFi and FIOS Wifi Guest networks). Contemporaneously, I got the Orbi, set it up (using the Orbi iPhone app) with more complicated passwords (and, before you ask - YES different "Network Name[s]" and Passwords to the FIOS). I frankly haven't looked back. Call this an endorsement if you will. But, the Orbi - for me at least has been plug and play without much issue. I've rebooted the Orbi only several times over the past few years and it hasn't needed much else. To provide a window on my day-to-day life/world/nightmare, I have no time to think about settings so deep.
This was just some helpful neighbour who has a passing interest in IT (HE ran Ethernet cable through his wall) who said I should do this. I honestly don't trust his tech skills that much (I've seen him in action with other tech problems and it hasn't been pretty) but he made the suggestion and, only after Amazon delivered the aforementioned switch (which is now being returned unopened), did I start to think about it.
Nobody on my Orbi wifi has ever noticed any latency/lag/delay and especially NOT on the Apple TV or new FIOS "cable box" - everyone is happy. So, in an "if it ain't broke, don't [try to] fix it" sort of way, I'm not going to try and tweak things for live-action-gamer-level speed and connection reliability. Call me blissfully ignorant