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Orbi RBR50 wired backhaul satelliteinfo
I have a modem/router connected to the ISP which is directly connected to an RBR50 and two RBS50 operating in AP mode. I've been having problems keeping the network up. Every few days at the same tim...
seattlite34 wrote:All three have ethernet via 1Gb unmanaged hubs
My question is, when I telnet in and type `satelliteinfo wifi`, I get back an empty list ("[ ]"). I've seen this sort of inconsistent behavior repeatedly across the Web UI and the App (which is a piece of junk that Orbi should just retire).
My first impression is that 'satelliteinfo wifi' will report the WiFi connection status. As the two satellites are connected with ethernet, there is no WiFi connection status to report. This is easy to confirm. Unplug one of the satellite ethernet connections. Give the system at least five minutes to discover the link is down and bring the WiFi link back up. Then, telnet in again and check 'satelliteinfo wifi'
(Enabling ethernet backhaul on my Orbi involves dragging a 75' ethernet cord down the hall, down the stairs, across the room, etc. which the family finds entertaining for only a short time. [The CAT finds it fascinating forever.])
seattlite34 wrote:Every few days at the same time (~5pm) most, but not all, WiFi devices lose connectivity and I have to power cycle. The only device that stays connected is the laptop using Cisco VPN.
In Access Point (AP) mode, devices get their IP information (address, subnet mask, gateway, DNS server) from the router that the Orbi is connected to. If that router produces a log file, my first step would be to look in that log and see what is going on about 5pm. (When in router mode, the Orbi log file reports each time a device is assigned an IP using DHCP.) When I want to look at things like this, I use the Orbi 'debug page' to capture all internal and external traffic and then look at it using Wireshark. (http://orbilogin.net/debug.htm)
I cannot put my Orbi into AP mode, so I do not know if the Orbi debug log captures traffic the same way as when in router mode. If it does, I would look at the WAN capture and filter the Wireshark display by 'dhcp' to see if devices are asking for IP lease renewal about 5pm and not getting it.