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Orbi satellite routing issue
I have been having numerous issues over the last couple months. I am guessing this is due to recent firmware updates. I have tried going back to older firmware, but my system automatically upgrades t...
Onehandicap -
I'm sorry to tell you, you're not missing anything. You haven't failed to configure something and you don't have some terrible interference issue. The problem is the Orbi backhaul (WDS) and it's terrible. There is nothing you can do to solve the issue, however, I can tell you how to verify the issue.
The next time your MacBook Pro has connectivity issues on a satellite, use ifconfig to change the MAC address. After you get a new DHCP address (or assign yourself another one manually), your macbook will start working again. Why? Because the issue are layer 2 backhaul issues.
See my related post about this here
See the chorus of people demanding refunds here