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pburgh19
Aspirant
Aug 20, 2018

Constant dropping (wired and wireless) with two wireless satellites and one wired

I've been having an issue with daisy-chaining not working quite right, so I decided to hardwire one of my furthest satellites back to the RBR50 base.  At first, everything was good and the hardwired ...
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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Aug 21, 2018

I would also set up a IP address reservation for the satellite(s) ON the router. This could be an issue maybe if there is a IP address conflict with the satellite and another device...

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pburgh19
Aspirant
Aug 21, 2018

And that's reserved using the satellite MAC address, correct?  There's no way to assign a static IP on the satellite as far as I've seen.

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    FURRYe38
    Guru - Experienced User
    Aug 21, 2018

    Reserve IP address of the satellite ON the router.

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      pburgh19
      Aspirant
      Aug 21, 2018

      Done, thank you.  We'll see how well this performance sticks!  :)

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        FURRYe38
        Guru - Experienced User
        Aug 21, 2018

        :smileywink: