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Adding RBS40 to existing RB50 Network trouble
I currently have an AC3000 tri band RB50 wireless network at home. It consists of the following: (1) RBR50 Router (2) RBS50 Satellites This system works great and has no issues. I am att...
There are two potential issues.
- There were reports YEARS ago that the "Add Orbi Satellite" process in the RBR50 product had a programming flaw. When three satellites were connected, the process would not add a fourth satellite. The solution (at that time) was to
- temporarily power off one of the satellites. (this causes the status in Attached Devices to change to Disconnected and suggests removing it (ignore that)
- perform the Add Orbi Satellite process.
- after adding the 4th satellite, restore power to the one that had been temporarily powered off.
- to add a 5th satellite, temporarily power off two satellites. add the 5th. power back on.
- the person who posted this claimed to have a total of six satellites on the RBR50 router. - The newer (AX) Orbi systems appear to be unable to connect when the router and satellite are not on the same firmware release. (I do not recall this issue ever being raised prior to the AX products.) If the solution above does not work, it might be worth manually loading firmware v2.7.5.6 on the used RBS40 satellites. That is a tedious and complicated process:
- download the RBS40 firmware file and unpack the zip file
- connect the RBS40 satellite and a computer with an Ethernet cable
- change the computer to a Static IP address in 192.168.1.x with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 (I pick 192.168.1.1 - for no reason)
- power up the satellite
- hold a paperclip in the 'Reset' hole for at least 15 seconds
- when the satellite boots up, open a web browser to 192.168.1.250
- this should open the satellite web management page.
- use the satellite menu Firmware Update to manually load the image file to the satellite
- after the satellite has the new firmware, it can be powered off.
- do any other satellites
- after satellites are completed, return computer to normal DHCP setting (no more Static IP)
- Now, go through the Add Orbi Satellite process
- There were reports YEARS ago that the "Add Orbi Satellite" process in the RBR50 product had a programming flaw. When three satellites were connected, the process would not add a fourth satellite. The solution (at that time) was to
Wow, what a great community here! I was able to successfully connect the RBS40 to my existing RB50, bringing me to a total of 3 satellites. It was a mixture of all disconnecting an existing satellite, connecting the RBS40 (hardwire) directly to the RB50 router, letting it sit/reset for a while. I had to leave it alone for a bit, but once I returned it showed connected. It did cause an issue once I reconnected the existing satellite, mainly the Config Sync status within the backhaul status. Reading online, I took advice to disable daisy chain topology. Once rebooted, and left along for about an hour- all 3 satellites were connected! I reviewed my device connections and they have evenly distributed themselves across the mesh network. Thanks again everyone, great advice here!