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Orbi won't reach garden room
Hi,
I bought a RBK50 setup but putting the satelite in the garden room is just out of range. I have a wired connection to it, but was hoping the Orbi would reach so that I could have the simpli...
This weekend I put the orbi satelite back down there, wired. Yes it seems to be working but the app and the satelite LEDs would suggest it is not so great... The app sometimes shows no satelite, will show a green but mostly magenta connection. The Satelite had the magenta LED suggesting a weak connection. However, everything seems to be connected and working when I have tried, so i'm going to leave it as it is!
- Fingers crossed it stays that way. Thanks
What version of FW are you currently using?
Be aware of this: If you updated to recent FW v.210, try enabling Daisy Chain. Some have mentioned that this seems to be working in reverse order, enabling means disabled actually.
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Firmware-2-2-1-210-and-connection-problems-Skybell/m-p/1649275/highlight/true#M43001
stoosh98 wrote:
This weekend I put the orbi satelite back down there, wired. Yes it seems to be working but the app and the satelite LEDs would suggest it is not so great... The app sometimes shows no satelite, will show a green but mostly magenta connection. The Satelite had the magenta LED suggesting a weak connection. However, everything seems to be connected and working when I have tried, so i'm going to leave it as it is!
