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New Orbi customer and gigabit
I recently (Tuesday, it's now Thursday) purchased an Orbi RBK50 to replace my Asus RT-ac87R/U router to provide better coverage in my townhome and becasue the asus router seemed to be struggling with...
I downgraded the router/satellite to the next lower version (2.0.1.4) and reset to factory defaults. I think internet speeds improved by my wired backhaul is fubar. as soon as I plugged in the cable I loose internet connection and it doesn't come back (waited about 20min); I can't get to the web gui (windows says no internet service). I rebooted the router and satellites to try and correct the issue. As soon as I unplug the satellite everything starts to work again, so I left the cable unplugged.
The probelm is that the place I have the remote satellite at is apparently too far away to get a reliable signal and I have tons of dead spots now on the main level and when I move the satellite closer, then I get deadspots in the upstairs level (which is where I was trying to solve for in the firs place).
What is the distance between the router and satellite? I would try 40-50 feet. Mines at 40 ft in a 5000sq ft home.
Whats the Sqft if your home?
Any network switches being used between the router and satellite?
I don't think 2.0.1.4 has full support for ethernet backhaul if I rememeber. Needed 2.1 for it.
Did you factory reset after updating to v2.1 or downgrading back to 2.0 then set up from scratch?
Others have gotten ethernet back haul working on v2.1.3.4:
nobrainer wrote:I downgraded the router/satellite to the next lower version (2.0.1.4) and reset to factory defaults. I think internet speeds improved by my wired backhaul is fubar. as soon as I plugged in the cable I loose internet connection and it doesn't come back (waited about 20min); I can't get to the web gui (windows says no internet service). I rebooted the router and satellites to try and correct the issue. As soon as I unplug the satellite everything starts to work again, so I left the cable unplugged.
The probelm is that the place I have the remote satellite at is apparently too far away to get a reliable signal and I have tons of dead spots now on the main level and when I move the satellite closer, then I get deadspots in the upstairs level (which is where I was trying to solve for in the firs place).