RBK 40 - 1 of 2 satellites is not connected to main Orbi router

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Dway wrote:

 

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Thanks for your reply. Satellite #2 has had its ring light go from purple to blue to unlit and seems to cycle fairly regularly. So, to your           point it may already be unhappy. Is the diabled daisy chain topology the recommended set-up? Thanks again, David

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Once the ring light turns blue for 10 seconds, it should remain off from then on.  Your ring light does not stay off?

My own personal belief (with no documentation to back it up) is that Netgear ships the Orbi router with Daisy Chain "Enabled" for a reason.  A lot of Orbi customers take it home, plug it in, and never look at the management interface.  People who own only smartphone and tablets may only open the "App", which does not access any of the advanced settings.  That way, someone can get another satellite, plug it in, and chances are it will connect and work.  They don't care about topology, just "Can I get to Facebook?"

There are telnet commands which will show the exact status of the "backhaul" links.  (At some point, you may hit a point of "diminishing returns" in terms of poking around the Orbi.)