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mlange
Oct 22, 2021Aspirant
Disable daisy-chaining ignored
I have a setup with RBR50, RBS50 and RBS20. sometimes the topology changes dynamically to a daisy-chain where the RBS20 is connecting via the RBS50, not the RBR50 directely. this causes performance t...
CrimpOn
Oct 22, 2021Guru - Experienced User
I am like you, "disabled" ought to mean "DISABLED." One tactic might be to delete that RBS20, ensure that Daisy Chain is disabled and then do the "Add Orbi Satellite" process again.
The Orbi "app" is notorious for not showing the network connections correctly.
p.s. One of the things I absolutely hate about the Netgear community forum is that images placed "in-line" using the Photos icon in the menu bar are not visible to other users until approved by a forum moderator. Images attached using the Browse button in the lower left are available immediately. i.e. you went to a lot ot trouble to attach screen shots, and we cannot see them.
mlange
Oct 24, 2021Aspirant
thank you for that suggestion, so I factory reset my RBS20 and re-added it as a satellite. so far it sticks to star-topology which is what I want :smileyhappy: I'll continue to monitor and keep you posted!