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Orbi RBR/RBS50 not syncing and connected devices not showing
I'm currently running firmware version 2.5.1.8 on both the router and the satellite. Up until recently they were working reliably and the system has been great. Two things may have affected that and ...
Has anybody found a solution to this. I thought everything was working and moved the satelite, reconnected with the blue ring...
Just found a device near the satelite was showing as out of range, checked the satelite on the webpage to see whilst it is conencted, the backhaul is not.
I haver the satelite on the same desk as the base now so i could try and fix this easily... not luck
Tried the steps others have done too without success except for reverting to an earlier FW version. Not sure how to do that.
NJC1 wrote:Has anybody found a solution to this. I thought everything was working and moved the satelite, reconnected with the blue ring...
Just found a device near the satelite was showing as out of range, checked the satelite on the webpage to see whilst it is conencted, the backhaul is not.
I haver the satelite on the same desk as the base now so i could try and fix this easily... not luck
Tried the steps others have done too without success except for reverting to an earlier FW version. Not sure how to do that.
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Thank you,
I just tried a router reboot again and the backhaul reconnected this time.
- I finally downgraded 2.3.5.30 and solved all my problems.
As a software dev myself, I’m boggled on how a release like 2.5.1.8 Ever made it out the door.
-Malux- wrote:
I finally downgraded 2.3.5.30 and solved all my problems.
As a software dev myself, I’m boggled on how a release like 2.5.1.8 Ever made it out the door.It's not that surprising that going back to 2.3.5.30 will restore old attached devices behavior. Looking at the release notes and version number, 2.5.1.8 is not an incremental FW upgrade from 2.3.5.30. There's a major change on how 2.5.1.8 deals with attached devices, which can take a long time (days) to rediscover/reconcile those devices on the network, especially when those devices are configured with specific names.
The speed up 2.5.1.8 devices discovery post upgrade, I had to do a hard reset with paper clip to wipe out the old device database/settings and avoid making the mistake of restoring/re-applying the old config file from 2.3.5.30 on 2.5.1.8.
You're right regarding NG FW quality, just check out this thread if you're curious: Firmware-Version-2-5-1-8
