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ikingrma
Aug 22, 2019Aspirant
rbr 50 unable to see the satellite
I have just returned from vacation (up till then all was good). Now my orbi is totally unable to sync withe satellite. I have shut down, restarted and gone through pushng syncing buttons and all ha...
ekhalil
Aug 25, 2019Master
What is the model of the ARRIS cable modem please? Seems that it’s also a router?
ikingrma
Aug 25, 2019Aspirant
The Arris model is labelled CM8200B and was supplied by NBN Australia to connect to a coaxial cabel system. It is then connected with a sigle ethernet outlet to a TP Link VR1600V which acts to provide a wifi router and offers anetphone outlet. This part of the system works pefectly well to provide internet access. However I am forced to use the ORBI because this router has a very short range and the signal does not reach the main section of my house,
When I setup without ORBI I have this short range internet access and TRACERT now gives
Tracing route to dns.google [8.8.8.8]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 192-168-1-1.tpgi.com.au [192.168.1.1]
2 14 ms 14 ms 13 ms 10.20.22-135.tpgi.com.au [10.20.22.135]
3 16 ms 14 ms 13 ms 203-219-35-129.static.tpgi.com.au [203.219.35.129]
4 23 ms 22 ms 22 ms syd-apt-ros-crt2-be-50.tpgi.com.au [203.219.107.81]
5 21 ms 18 ms 15 ms 203.29.134-61.tpgi.com.au [203.29.134.61]
6 22 ms 17 ms 16 ms 209.85.149.84
7 18 ms 56 ms 25 ms 108.170.247.49
8 20 ms 22 ms 22 ms 209.85.248.173
9 21 ms 21 ms 21 ms dns.google [8.8.8.8]
Trace complete.