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Orbi Satalite spawning open network of previously defined network after reboot of main router
Hi, I've had my Orbi + Sat for a couple of months now, and everything worked fine, couple of days ago i rebooted my MAIN orbi router because i had some network glitches, then everything was fine agai...
drksavant wrote:
has anybody seen this happen before ?
Yes. I have seen another user report this behavior where the open network was a guest network that was previously enabled then removed. It appears that maybe your satellite did not receive an updated configuration properly from the router, at the point when you removed the open network. Perhaps the satellite connectivity to the router is marginal and the satellite needs to be moved to a point closer to the router or with fewer walls between.