orib satellites losing contact with base

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All,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; After a few days, the wireless network becomes unstable and has long stretches of ping failures to orbilogin.com. Since this is 100% internal ping, the ISP or router is not involved.&nbsp;&nbsp; When the network is working, these messages repeat rapidly when using the "dmesg" command on either the base or the satellites:&nbsp;Sending SCAN START cmdSwitching to Tx Mode-1 Threshold 34Switching to Tx Mode-1 Threshold 34Switching to Tx Mode-1 Threshold 0Switching to Tx Mode-1 Threshold 0Sending SCAN START cmdSwitching to Tx Mode-1 Threshold 34Switching to Tx Mode-1 Threshold 0&nbsp;&nbsp; I am running the orbi system is AP mode.&nbsp; It's been present for several months and the latest firmware, 2.7.1.60, doesn't seem to address the issue.&nbsp; I am open to ideas, if I power cycle one of the satellites or the router, the problem goes away for a few days.&nbsp; The router and the two satellites are separated by about 80-120 feet.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

FURRYe38 · Answer

"The router and the two satellites are separated by about 80-120 feet."&nbsp;Is to far appart. 30-50 feet is recommended.&nbsp;&nbsp;

vajim · Answer

what's the ring color of your Sats?

wfinley · Answer

when it works, it works well, ~400Mbps throughput.&nbsp; the router says the connectivity to the satellites are good.&nbsp;

wfinley · Answer

when I have short intermittent drops, there is no color on the ring.&nbsp; If the drop lasts more than a minute, the ring turns purple.&nbsp;&nbsp;

wfinley · Answer

also, when the drops occur, none of the devices directly plugged into the satellite's network ports can ping the satellite's IP.

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orib satellites losing contact with base

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