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mattman555
Dec 03, 2021Aspirant
Orbi RBK50 v1 - Cannot continuously establish Wired Backhaul from Satellite
Hey folks, Good day to you! I cannot get my Orbi RBK50 to continuously stay connected to the RBS50 (Satellite) via any distance with a shor or long run of CAT6 or 6A RJ45 cable. The RBK50 and RB...
mattman555
Dec 04, 2021Aspirant
Thanks for all the tips.
After letting the RBS50 wireless backhaul communicate with the RBK50 for about 24 hours, I simply plugged in the wired backhaul to the RBK50 <> GSS116E and then into the RBS50. The wired backhaul is a CAT6A STP ~235 feet. The network dropped for less then a minute and the wired backhaul status went to good.
Next I used my cell phone and a laptop which were connected to the RBS50 to network performance test to a 1Gbe Connected PC on the RBK50 side. I used iperf3 to accomplish these tests. The RBK50, GSS116e, 1Gbe PC and Cable Modem are located in the external building (2 Story Barn/Office/Garage) and the RBS50 is in the main house (2300sq feet, ranch style, shape of a letter T)
In the house, I went from room to room and I noticed that some of the rooms which were in the direction of the RBK50 were having highs and lows in their performance. Sometimes the connection would even drop. At this point it seemed like there might be some wifi overlap. So I lowered my RBK50 to 25% signal strength, let everything adjust in the house, and everything is working great in the main house now. In every room I'm able to get between 100Mb/s - 200Mb/s. I checked the performance in the external building and got the same results.
Here are the iperf3 results.
C:\iperf>iperf3 -s
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Server listening on 5201
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Accepted connection from 172.16.80.36, port 39068
[ 5] local 172.16.80.99 port 5201 connected to 172.16.80.36 port 39070
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth
[ 5] 0.00-1.00 sec 20.3 MBytes 170 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 1.00-2.00 sec 22.6 MBytes 190 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 2.00-3.00 sec 22.4 MBytes 188 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 3.00-4.00 sec 22.5 MBytes 189 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 4.00-5.00 sec 21.4 MBytes 179 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 5.00-6.00 sec 18.8 MBytes 157 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 6.00-7.00 sec 19.2 MBytes 162 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 7.00-8.00 sec 19.3 MBytes 162 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 8.00-9.00 sec 19.1 MBytes 160 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 9.00-10.00 sec 19.1 MBytes 160 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 10.00-10.00 sec 164 KBytes 366 Mbits/sec
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[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 0.00 Bytes 0.00 bits/sec sender
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 205 MBytes 172 Mbits/sec receiver
Thanks for all the help, it was as simple as plugging it into a live system vs. powering down + plug in + and power up. Now, my only concern now is -- how is the system going to handle a power reset or reboot of any type as it has these odd behaviours.
FURRYe38
Dec 05, 2021Guru - Experienced User
Glad you got it working. Please mark your thread as solved so others will know. Be sure to save off a back up configuration to file for safe keeping. Saves time if a reset is needed.
https://kb.netgear.com/000062080/How-do-I-back-up-the-configuration-settings-on-my-Orbi-WiFi-System
Enjoy. 📡