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BasilB
Aug 08, 2020Aspirant
Orbi losing LAN connection
My setup is RBR50 with 2 RBs50 and 2 RBS20 satellites. All the satellites are wired directly to the router and are not daisy chained and only 1 satellite is connected via a switch. This has ...
FURRYe38
Aug 08, 2020Guru - Experienced User
I would reset the entire system and setup from scratch. Yes, should be tried before reverting back.
I to also have a RBK50 and 1 RBS50 and RBS20. Alll wired thru switches. No issues with v16 FW.
What is the mfr and model# of this switch in between the RBR and RBS?
BasilB wrote:My setup is RBR50 with 2 RBs50 and 2 RBS20 satellites. All the satellites are wired directly to the router and are not daisy chained and only 1 satellite is connected via a switch. This has been working well for some time but recently the network has been losing it's LAN connections. There is no light on the router or satellites but when you look at the system status the internet is connected and the satellites are offline. My devices wired to the network lose their connection although wifi seems to work. A couple of times over the last 2 days I've noticed the LAN was down but then it restarted as soon as I tried to use a wired PC. I've rebooted the system a few times. It's all very wierd.
I had a look at the log and noticed a few instances of [Dos Attack: ARP Attack] from source 192.168.1.xx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx coming from my own devices including a Orbi satellite. There are various other Dos attacks coming from outside but I don't have upnp or port forwarding enabled.
It may be a coincidence but the firmware was updated to V2.5.1.16AU and the satellites to V2.5.1.16 shortly before I strarted having problems. I don't know why the router has the AU (Australia) version while the satellites don't.
Any Ideas? I thought about reverting to the older firmware or doing a complete system reset but thought I'd ask the question here first.
BasilB
Aug 09, 2020Aspirant
"What is the mfr and model# of this switch in between the RBR and RBS? "
I have one satellite connected via Netgear GS108 8 Port Gigabit switch. The other 2 satellites are wired directly to the router.
- FURRYe38Aug 10, 2020Guru - Experienced User
What happens if you remove this switch from the configuration? This change anything?
- BasilBAug 10, 2020Aspirant
I haven't removed the switch because only one satelite is attached to it and when the LAN goes down it affects everything.
The system has been stable the last two days so I haven't been tyroubleshooting. I did disable port forwarding and UpNp because there were a lot of bot attacks but I can't see how that would make any difference.
- FURRYe38Aug 11, 2020Guru - Experienced User
See how it goes.
I would try removing the switch to see if anything changes. Switches have been known to cause problems with Orbi.