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wfinley
Aspirant
Dec 17, 2020

orib satellites losing contact with base

All,      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.    ...
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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Dec 18, 2020

"The router and the two satellites are separated by about 80-120 feet." 

Is to far appart. 30-50 feet is recommended. 

wfinley wrote:

All,

 

   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.

   When the network is working, these messages repeat rapidly when using the "dmesg" command on either the base or the satellites:

 

Sending SCAN START cmd
Switching to Tx Mode-1 Threshold 34
Switching to Tx Mode-1 Threshold 34
Switching to Tx Mode-1 Threshold 0
Switching to Tx Mode-1 Threshold 0
Sending SCAN START cmd
Switching to Tx Mode-1 Threshold 34
Switching to Tx Mode-1 Threshold 0

 

  I am running the orbi system is AP mode.  It's been present for several months and the latest firmware, 2.7.1.60, doesn't seem to address the issue.

  I am open to ideas, if I power cycle one of the satellites or the router, the problem goes away for a few days.  The router and the two satellites are separated by about 80-120 feet.