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"Config sync" loop with firmware V2.3.1.44
RBR50 and my two satellites (RBS50 + RBW30) were very stable out of the box for a couple of months now after getting the initial configuration right. However after updating (involuntarily!) to the "a...
After you did a reset and setup from scratch, how did you connect the satellites back up? Buttons in back?
Is Daisy Chain enabled?
Wired or wireless connected with the satellites?
What is the distance between the router and satellite(s)? 30 feet is recommended in between them to begin with depending upon building materials.
Turn on Beamforming.
You might try a factory reset on just one satellite, turn OFF the other. Set up the satellite again and wait for the BLUE led on top. Set up a reserved IP address ON the base router for the satellite.
All good questions!
- For the reset, I took the main router offline first. Then I paperclip-reset both satellites to factory and unplugged them both. Then I turned the router back on and reset *it* next, then set it up completely wtihout either satellite. Then I added back the RBS50 first, got it synched and stable, and then added the RBW30 and did the same.
- Daisy chain is enabled. When I first got the system about two months ago, it was pretty unstable without daisy-chain enabled -- even though as I mentioned it previously only connected in a tree topology and not a daisy-chain.
- Backhaul is wireless on both satellites and has always been super fast and stable prior to the latest FW update.
- Router is sort of "in the middle," in the den where my cable modem is located. One satellite is about 35 feet away with lots of walls in between in the back bedroom, and the other is in the kitchen about 35 feet away in the other direction. (In other words, it's about 70 feet between the two satellites, with the router in between.) Never had any issues before.
- Beamforming is off. I have about 7 Amazon Echo devices, and when beamforming is on they all drop their connections pretty regularly, so I have been running with it off for two months with no issues.
- Both satellites have a reserved IP address (.2 and .3 right after the router, .1)
Lets try and disable Daisy Chain...wondering if distance maybe too far fo satellites to connect to each other if DS is enabled.