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Administering Orbi router in AP with wired satellite backhaul
I used my laptop browser to reach the admin tools on orbilogin.net. The thought was to update to the latest firmware. My enthusiasm for the update was low because things have been working fine. Ri...
CrimpOn's simple explanation for not reaching admin from wired is probably correct. I input the IP for the RBR and neatly reached the admin.
Half way there.... the firmware update page under advanced>administration is still showing waiting for connection for both RBS.
A closer look at the connected devices list is showing that all the devices in the house are connected to the RBR... nothing is connected to the RBSs. My recollection is that back when I was setting up the network the first few times that devices would show connection to an RBS or the RBR depending on what was closest.
It looks like perhaps the RBS may have gone offlne at some point and every thing jumped on the RBR. Then when the RBS came back on things stuck? But this does not explain why the RBS are not showing up on the Firmware update page. It is like they have been forgotton everywhere but the connected devices list.
CrimpOn's simple explanation for not reaching admin from wired is probably correct. I input the IP for the RBR and neatly reached the admin.
Half way there.... the firmware update page under advanced>administration is still showing waiting for connection for both RBS.
A closer look at the connected devices list is showing that all the devices in the house are connected to the RBR... nothing is connected to the RBSs. My recollection is that back when I was setting up the network the first few times that devices would show connection to an RBS or the RBR depending on what was closest.
It looks like perhaps the RBS may have gone offlne at some point and every thing jumped on the RBR. Then when the RBS came back on things stuck? But this does not explain why the RBS are not showing up on the Firmware update page. It is like they have been forgotton everywhere but the connected devices list.
I wonder what "Waiting for connection" means. On the software update web page, it clearly shows the firmware release of each satellite. The Attached Devices says the satellites are "wired" and "good".
I have a suspicion is the "waiting" message refers to the Netgear firmware site. Sometimes this takes a bit. Strange that it clearly shows the new router firware release but seems to hang up looking for the satellites.
As for devices switching to the router and sticking, that could well be true. An easy test is to power cycle one of the devices that used to connect to a satellite and see what it picks when it comes back on. Some people go so far as to "forget" the Orbi WiFi and then do a new scan (under the assumption that the device has learned the MAC address it prefers and will go back to it if it is still there).
Somewhere along the line the Orbi Router and the network switch both got directly connected to the Pace Modem Router. I put the switch (with its connected Orbi satellites) back downstream of the Orbi Router and everything started working as expected. The firmware updated without a hitch and a power cycle of most of the devices has them connecting to the nearest satellite.
Connecting directly to the Orbi Router using the IP address was the key I needed to start getting things sorted out. Thanks a bunch.