Orbi Satellites connection

walkerx
Guide
Feb 24, 2019
ekhalil wrote:

Reasons can be one of the following:

Bad connectivity caused by bad cable or switch in between

You have a device or devices connected to the Satellite's LAN that causes loops on the Satellite and will cause Orbi to disable the LAN ports. Please check if you have such devices that can have both Ethernet and wifi connections.

Becaue of a bug in current software (2.2.1.210) the loops can also be cause by enabling Daisy Chain while having Ethernet backhaul. Please make sure that Daisy Chain is disabled when you have Ethernet backhaul.

1) Tested in the spot where the other satellite (Sat2) is and get the same under the main orbi it shows that its (Sat1) connected via 5Ghz and backhaul is good, place my other satellite(Sat2) back in position and its connected via ethernet and backhaul is good. If I then place Sat2 where Sat1 is usually situated it is connected via ethernet and backhaul is good. This now makes me wonder if there is a fault with Sat1.

2) The only connection on the satellites is the cable for the backhaul

3) Checked the Daisy Chain setting on main Orbi and this is unticked

I have my Orbi's set outside of the DHCP range with their IP's reserved for all 3 units. But I have also noticed recently that if I disconnect the wan of my router (not the Orbi) my wifi goes down, which is also odd, as should still be able to access devices on my internal network
- ekhalil
  Master
  Feb 24, 2019
  walkerx wrote:
  1) Tested in the spot where the other satellite (Sat2) is and get the same under the main orbi it shows that its (Sat1) connected via 5Ghz and backhaul is good, place my other satellite(Sat2) back in position and its connected via ethernet and backhaul is good. If I then place Sat2 where Sat1 is usually situated it is connected via ethernet and backhaul is good. This now makes me wonder if there is a fault with Sat1.
  
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  There can be an issue with your Sat1.
  
  Have you tried to factory reset the Satellite?
  
  Have you tried to connect the Ethernet backhaul to another LAN port on the Satellite?
  
  walkerx wrote:
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  I have my Orbi's set outside of the DHCP range with their IP's reserved for all 3 units. But I have also noticed recently that if I disconnect the wan of my router (not the Orbi) my wifi goes down, which is also odd, as should still be able to access devices on my internal network
  
  The IP address reservation should be from within the Orbi DHCP range NOT outside!
  
  If you get wifi issues when you disconnect the WAN port this tells that your ISP router has also control over routing in your network or is also proving DHCP addressing. Do you have Orbi in Router Mode? If yes is your ISP router bridged? What is the model of your ISP router?
  - walkerx
    Guide
    Feb 24, 2019
    ekhalil wrote:
    
    walkerx wrote:
    
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    I have my Orbi's set outside of the DHCP range with their IP's reserved for all 3 units. But I have also noticed recently that if I disconnect the wan of my router (not the Orbi) my wifi goes down, which is also odd, as should still be able to access devices on my internal network
    
    The IP address reservation should be from within the DHCP range NOT outside!
    
    If you get wifi issues when you disconnect the WAN port this tells that your ISP router has also control over routing in your network or is also proving DHCP addressing. Do you have Orbi in Router Mode? If yes is your ISP router bridged? What is the model of your ISP router?
    
    That depends on router and operating systems, ip reservations can be done outside of the DHCP range
    
    My Orbi is in AP mode and my router (Opnsense) controls the DHCPv4/v6 not the Orbi.
    
    My setup is HG612 (modem) - Opnsense (router) - Orbi (wifi)

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