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wfinley
Dec 17, 2020Aspirant
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. ...
FURRYe38
Dec 18, 2020Guru - Experienced User
"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.