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FMD
Aug 28, 2018Aspirant
Orbi RBS20 satellite looses connection - FIXED
I wanted to share my experience here as I found so many frustrated Orbi users on the forum.
My Story
I have a medium sized home (170 m2), but it's built from solid concrete and in some pl...
FMD
Aug 28, 2018Aspirant
So, just to clarify, I did not hard wire the satellite, the satellite is downstairs and the router upstairs. They are communicating over the 5GHz wireless with a 'good' backhaul status.
I ran a 10m cable from my ISP modem on one side of the room to the Orbi Router on the other side of the room, simply allowing the Orbi Router to sit in a location which means I can get a good connection status over the Wifi backhaul to the Satelite using 5GHz. The Orbi router is in 'Router mode', not 'AP' and the Orbi is handing out the IP addresses.
Connection Status Update:
Really pleased, my satellite has been connected to the network for over 8 hours with no disconnects. Will report back again in a few days.
FURRYe38
Aug 28, 2018Guru - Experienced User
Placement is key and in any way you can get better placement of the base router in the home in relation to the satellite will be key.
Glad it working better for you. Enjoy.