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Power cycling a satellite in my ethernet network, makes the network unusable.
There is a bug when I use the Orbi RBK44, which consists of an RBR40 master and three RBS20 satellites.
The configuration that I'm using to reproduce the issue is as follows:
- The master and...
Have you rebooted the satellite and router after the FW update?
I would try a factory reset on the satellite, re-add the satellite first via wifi, then connect the wire cable between the router and satellite. Give 5 minutes for the system to re-configure this mode. A BLUE LED should be seen on top.
Check doing a power cycle. The satellilte should recover from a power cycle and a BLUE LED should be seen on top.
ANy network switches in between the router and satellite? Mfr and model#?
The network was working for three months (after I installed the latest firmware), and there weren't any issues. It was only when I turned off one of the satellites that the network got into this state (I'm assuming that the satellite gets into an incorrect state and brings the network down when is powered back on) that only a reset of all three satellites and reboot of the whole networks makes it work again.
Once I reset the satellites and bring back on the ethernet network (I start with the master and then bring each satellite back on, one at a time in lapses of 5-10 min), the network is working fine again.
The master is directly connected to the modem, and each satellite is connected to the master. There aren't any switches in the network or devices directly connected via ethernet (except for the satellites)