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trigster
Aspirant
Jun 22, 2020

Orbi firmware v2.5.1.16 Satellites and Sonos

Hi, Has anyone else had issues with f/w v2.5.1.16 stopping them connect to Orbi satellites and Sonos? Add this to constant WiFi drop outs this is turning into a heap of expensive junk! Router has b...
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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Jun 22, 2020

The problem is that Sonos broadcasts on same high 5Ghz channels as Orbi uses for it's wireless backhaul. Something you can change on Orbi. Sonos seems to have some limits as well. 

 

There was a post on how to change the backhaul via telnet recently. Something you can try. Have to look at the forum list in the past couple of days to see where that post is. Seemed to work for some. 

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trigster
Aspirant
Jun 22, 2020
hi FURRYe38, thank you for the suggestion, backhaul was disabled in the settings originally so had assumed that there wouldn’t have been any clashes. Any idea why the satellites will no longer connect?
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    FURRYe38
    Guru - Experienced User
    Jun 22, 2020

    RBS rely and require the backhaul to be enabled to connect fully to the RBR.