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Daisy-chain not working as expected
Hi there, I have tried the power-cycling trick as explained here but no success. https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/ORBI-RBR20-won-t-daisy-chain-wirelessly/m-p/1790493#M68733 My 2 satellites...
The house is about 1 800 sqm but it is quite long.
I would guess the range between each unit is a bit over 30 feet.
The strange thing is that they are in a line but last satellite prefer talking to the router, anyhow.
Backhaul status says Good on both satellites.
Telnet info gives:
"mac address": "28:80:88:F9:BA:6B",
"ip address": "192.168.1.16",
"module name": "RBS50",
"serial number": "5LT2945C0646C",
"signal strength": "-51",
"backhaul status": "2",
"device name": "Orbi Satellite-1",
"current version": "V2.3.5.30"
}, {
"mac address": "38:94:ED:0C:78:6C",
"ip address": "192.168.1.15",
"module name": "RBS50",
"serial number": "5PV1945X06042",
"signal strength": "-71",
"backhaul status": "2",
"device name": "Orbi Satellite-2",
"current version": "V2.3.5.30"
What happens if you swap the RBS around?
Has a factory reset been performed on the RBSs and re-synced with Daisy Chain enabled?
Are you using the singal strength to determine how the last RBS is connecting to the RBR or RBS?
I have made factory resets several time.
Not swapped satellites, though. Will make a test.
Let us know the results.
Well, the satellites didn't care where they were placed. They both still prefer connecting directly to main router. Daisy-chain is a badly implemented.
I'm starting to doubt if this was a good buy and if not a true mesh network would have worked better. It is a system that is quite pricy according to functionality.
The Orbi web interface is also a joke in sense of information.
Anyhow, checked telnet and it gave this:
"mac address": "28:80:88:F9:BA:6B",
"ip address": "192.168.1.16",
"module name": "RBS50",
"serial number": "5LT2945C0646C",
"signal strength": "-68",
"backhaul status": "2",
"device name": "Orbi Satellite-1",
"current version": "V2.3.5.30"
}, {
"mac address": "38:94:ED:0C:78:6C",
"ip address": "192.168.1.15",
"module name": "RBS50",
"serial number": "5PV1945X06042",
"signal strength": "-48",
"backhaul status": "2",
"device name": "Orbi Satellite-2",
"current version": "V2.3.5.30"