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Orbi RBR850 / RBS850 AP Mode Totally Broken after Firmware update to V4.6.3.16_2.0.51
This Mesh was working fine with one router and two satellites with AP Mode and Wired Backhaul until I upgraded to the latest firmware. Once you upgrade, your satellites may de-synch and thats where...
Netgear has set up a community forum specifically for the Orbi AX With Cable Modem products. Most of the people who watch that forum are more likely to have experience with Orbi with cable modem and know how to work it better than those of us who follow this "general Orbi" forum. Might be more likely to find someone who has a solution if the question is posted there:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi-with-Built-in-Cable-Modem/bd-p/en-home-orbi-cable
Need more information on the host router you are using and how it's configured. Please include the ISP modem brand and model too.
AP mode is working for my 8 series system, router and AP mode.
Thank you.
My setup has no cable modem. I have Google fiber straight into a Firewalla Gold router. Firewalla is my DHCP server. The Firewalla has four ports. One port feeds my Cisco smart switch that feeds my wired part of the house. The order port feeds into my Orbi Router to feed the wireless. So that’s why I have my Orbi in AP mode. Both satellites are using my house wiring for back haul which feeds back to the switch and then to the Firewalla.
By the way this all worked find for 2 months prior to firmware upgrade. Also it is working now however the router web interface is not showing it for some reason.
By the way this all worked find for 2 months prior to firmware upgrade. Also it is working now however the router web interface is not showing it for some reason.
So the RBS are connected to the house hold ethernet ports and cabling?
Is this cabling connected to the Cisco smart switch or to the back of the RBR?
What is the model# of this Cisco switch?
ALL RBS NEED to be connected behind the RBR, not thru a switch then connected to the RBR. The segment line for the RBS needs to be connected behing the RBR, in series, not in a parallel segment to the RBR.
NG GS-105/108v4, D-Link DGS-105/108 and HP ProCurve 1400/1800 series switches work for Orbi systems.
I have my 8 series working in AP mode with v16 loaded and two RBS ethernet connected to the RBR using an HP Procure 1400 series switch.
- Sorry my mistake. I forgot I changed my switch early this year. It is a netgear gs316. Also my setup is the same as the 3rd picture in your link. What baffles is this all worked.
So connect the RBS directly to the back of the RBR with out the switch to see if the changes the behavior.
The GS as the following:
• Energy-efficient technology for power savings
Something that Orbi has long has had a problem with in the past. Even though it worked for you on v3, v4 may have changes this behavior. My 8 series is in AP mode currenly and both RBS are working with v4 loaded while connected to my HP Procurve switch.