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russthau
Aug 22, 2021Aspirant
My RBS50 satellites experiencing high latency and packet loss
I have gigabit fiber coming into my house and have been using an RBR50 with two RBS50 satellites through the pandemic. With the latest firmware release I noticed that my network speeds are great. 100...
russthau
Aug 23, 2021Aspirant
I didn't do a reset to scratch. Just the power cycle after the firmware upgrade numerous times. What doesn't make sense is that my current set up worked perfectly for a year and a half. I did a firmware upgrade that caused issues and rolled it back. I think this might be the issue, but I don't know.
What I am trying to determine is how the set up stops working. Could it be hardware failure? The firmware? A new neighbor device? I live in San Francisco so there are WiFi access points all over the place.
FURRYe38
Aug 23, 2021Guru - Experienced User
I'd start by turning OFF RBS 1 at a time.
Then try 1 RBS online one at a time.
Swap RBS locations to see if problem follows.